and He becomes the manifest, articulate Speaker. Consequently, it is imagined [by] 1 the people of the temperament that He has shifted from His own Being and manifested in the form of the Name, whereas the people of verification experience no alteration in His attributes, witnessing Him only in Essence, knowing that what is occulted is merely the Name, the form, the descriptions, and the attributes.
[35]From The Book of [Veils and Lights] 2 , Muhammad ibn Sinan, peace be upon him, related on the authority of the Knower, His glory is magnificent, who said: "When the Sublime, All-Knowing One concluded that and granted recognition to the people of the seven lights, He manifested [to the people of every]3 light through His twelve veils. These are [His personages] 4 in which He ordained the months and the reckoning.