These [inward senses] are:
The Imaginative (al-mukhayyila)
The Cogitative (al-mufakkira)
The Recollective (al-mudhakkira)
The Retentive/Preserving (al-ḥāfiẓa)
The Rational/Intellectual (al- ‘āqila)
{And within the earth are signs for the certain [in faith], and within yourselves; do you not then see?} 1 .
The outward powers are His likeness in the world of witnessing (al-mushāhada), while the inward powers are His likeness in the world of the Unseen (al-ghayb).
The Hair growing upon the head is an indication of the Image of Concealment (ṣūrat al-satr). It is the form through which He appears during his "occultation" from the sight of the deniers—Exalted is He who never truly vanishes.
Footnotes
1Surah Adh-Dhariyat Verse 21




