Mina is a place where the Meaning—may His glory be exalted—appeared to the believers and granted them their desires (munaahum). Arafah is a station in which He made Himself known (arrafahum) to them after they heard the speech of the One transfigured before them. Al-Muzdalifah is the station of their drawing near (izdilafahum) when He manifested to them the wonders of His power. The Eid, as we previously stated, is an indication of the Day of Disclosure. The Sermon (al-khutba) is the invitation of the Meaning—may His glory be exalted—to Himself. The prayer before the sermon between Mina and Arafah is the knowledge of the connection of the Veil to the Meaning without intermingling; because the Name appeared in Mina, and the Meaning appeared in Arafah.

The Sacrifice (al-Nahr) is there because the Meaning invited certain people in those stations to His essential reality (ma'nawiyyatahu) and they responded; then He invited them to His Veils—who are Master Muhammad and those who follow him—but they refused. Consequently, He cast their souls into inanimate matter; thus,