which is the station of Bahman, the Secret of God—may His glory be exalted—among the Persians. Desecration/De-consecration (al-ihlal): the revealing of the Secret of God on the Day of the Return (al-Karra) to the opposition. Consecration (al-ihram): the form of its concealment. The marble slab: the "covenant" (safqa) of the Gate manifest in the feminine form. The Veils: those to which the attribution of the Ayn occurred in the outward through Prophethood; He neither begets nor is He begotten, and there is none co-equal to Him. The Black Stone: al-Miqdad. The wall extended over the Stone: the Jim, the brother of the Ayn. The Sanctuary (al-Haram): Lu’ayy ibn Ghalib, the last of the "Likeness" stations (al-maqamat al-mithliyya) that stood before the seventh Zay.
The step upon which one enters the House is the person of the Gate (al-Bab). The Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim) is the Mim known by its attribution to the Ba. Safa and Marwa are the Alif and Abu Dharr. The Well of Zamzam is the Fa. The Sacred Sites (al-Masha'ir) are the twelve Leaders (al-Nuqaba') as we have mentioned them, and their names have been previously stated.




