whereas the religious laws (al-sharai') and deeds performed by the physical limbs follow faith; the religious laws are the faith of the bodies, while affirmation is the faith of the heart."
Thus, it is firmly established that [the inward] 1 is His secret; whoever broadcasts it has associated partners with God.
As for the statement of Sheikh al-Khasibi, may God sanctify his soul: "Hijabi, Hijabi" (My veil, My veil)—which he repeated across fourteen verses of his poetry—he intended by it the Greatest Veil and the Most Ancient Name, Muhammad, majestic is his glory, along with his personages, [his revered names] 2 , and his sublime veils. Even if they were one hundred thousand veils, they would still be one, [which is] 3 the Name, while the Meaning, the Exalted, is never included within their count.
And his statement in his Diwan:
And there shall appear in the center of the eye of the sun
The light of the shimmering, radiant essences.
And in his right hand is the sword of God, The one possessing the notched vertebrae [of al-Faqar]. 4