for none has reached the depth of Gnosis who does not know the loci of the Attribute .

[2] For the saying of the Knower—Mighty is His Might: "Whoever knows the loci of the Attribute has reached the depth of Gnosis."

Thus, the wayfarer avoids the "Division of Displacement" (faṣl al-ifrāj) and sanctifies the "Union of Mingling" (waṣl al-imtizāj). This is the Secret of Secrets and the most sublime of the ranks for the People of Affirmation.

I have followed this section with the discourse and indications I committed to, regarding the mention of the Names that denote the stations of the One (al-Aḥad), the Single (al-Wāḥid), and the Unity (al-Waḥdāniyya), according to the narration of al-Sayyid Abi ‘Abd Allāh al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khaṣībī (may God illumine his face):

First: The Essentialities of the One (Dhātiyyāt al-Aḥad)

These are the supreme ranks associated with the Essence across the cycles: