I have already mentioned to you the manifestation of the Mahdi, the Master of the Age, His glory is magnificent, at the break of dawn [from the very beginning of 1 Friday, when eight nights had passed from the month of Shaban in the year two hundred and fifty-seven (257 AH), from the Lady Nargis, from whom light emanates. I have clarified this and highlighted the points of divergence regarding the nominal stations (al-maqamat al-ismiyyah) which they falsely presumed to be spiritual, essential, and Anza'i. I have also shown how the divine power operated in accordance with the established cosmic laws across past cycles and eras (al-akwar wa-al-adwar).
It is written across all books that the Lineage of the Imamate is nominal (ismiyyun), and that the Meaning never manifests except through His own Essence—never through any of His names or attributes, nor through any of His creation. He is the Anza' al-Batin, the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is magnificent. Rather, when [the Name] 2 manifests and summons to that which the Meaning wills, He occults him beneath the shimmering of the Light,