"The seventh indication" regarding the esoteric meaning of the names of the five prayer timings: Know that the first of the prayer timings is Noon (al-Zuhr), and it is called "The First" (al-Ūlā). It is indicative of the station of the speaking Mīm. It was named al-Zuhr (the manifestation/noon) as an indication of the one it points to, for he is the first station through which the Pre-Eternal (al-Azal) manifested in His likeness, and the first manifestation to appear through the call toward Him; for he is the one who brings forth all created beings from non-existence into existence by the command of his Creator, and he is the one who is manifest (ẓuhūrihi) over all beings.

As for its naming as "The First," it is because he is the first light to manifest from his Creator, the Meaning—may His glory be exalted—and the first name by which He was named, and the first of His veils.

He is the first of numbers; he is the One from whose radiant light the units originated without his essence accepting division.

The second of the timings is Afternoon (al-‘Aṣr): and it is an indication of the manifestation of the Fā’ from him. Al-‘Aṣr linguistically is one of the names of time (al-zamān);