by removing His station manifest to the eyes beneath the radiance of His light, without appearing through it [physically].

The Mingled (al-Imtizājī): This removes the [absolute] judgment of Unity (Waḥdāniyya) from it [to allow for interaction with the world].

THE SECOND CHAPTER

On the Categories of Islam and Its Reality; The Meaning of Faith (Īmān) therein, and its Settled and Entrusted States.

Know, O brother—may God teach you goodness—that Islam is divided into two categories: Metaphorical (Majāzī) and Real (Ḥaqīqī).

As for the Metaphorical, people within it are divided into five classes:

The First Class: The Islam of the Hypocrites (Munāfiqīn). They submit outwardly but not inwardly, driven by the fear of death or a desire for the spoils taken from