And al-Baghdadi, may God sanctify his soul, said:
A Luminous Presence, too grand for circumscription, elevated
Likened to the radiance of the full moon, holy.
He settled within a white pearl, and thus blended A corporeal form that [illuminates natural beauty] 1
unto the completion of the verses. By the elevated, holy Luminous Presence that is too grand for circumscription, he intended the Greatest Name, which settled within a white pearl; thus, he is the radiance that is [from the Light] (1). And his statement:
The exterior of the essence is from the imprint of Divinity, While the corporeal form, to me, is a shimmering, radiant light.
Footnotes
1In another manuscript: illuminates through it




