The lamps (al-qanadil) represent the knowledge of the Kingdom (al-Malakut). The appointed times (al-mawaqit) are the five Orphans. The youths (al-ghilman) are the Gates. The rituals (al-sha'a'ir) are the Sin. The milestones (al-amyal) are the believers through whom one travels toward the world of purity. The Umrah is Gnosis (al-ma'rifa). The rites (al-manasik) are the branches of the Pilgrimage, which is the knowledge of the Great Luminous World. Circumambulation (al-tawaf) was only legislated as an indication of the Manifestation there.
Circumambulation establishes them upon His knowledge after the occultation, and this continues until the Day of Disclosure.
The meaning of the Call to Prayer (adhan) in front of the House outwardly is: the Gate’s invitation to the Veil (al-Hijab); and its esoteric of the esoteric is: the Veil’s invitation to the Meaning (al-Ma'na). The esoteric meaning of the Bedouins who cut off the path of the Pilgrimage: they are those who fall short (al-muqassira) in the knowledge of the Truth, and the people who block others from diving into the esoteric sciences so that the knowledge of the Truth is not reached through them.




