which is the Essence itself. This Essence is the inner dimension of the form to which they bear witness to one another, while the Meaning (al-Ma'na), in their view, never manifests, cannot be perceived by the senses, cannot be touched, and is the Intellect (al-'Aql).

and the Intelligible (al-Ma'qul), which is the Creator of all things.

[They hold] that what we have witnessed is merely a holy, expressive spirit acting as a veil over the ungraspable Unseen, and that what we saw in the visible form is the Mim (M), majestic is his glory. Furthermore, they claim that the Mim, 'Ali—majestic is their glory—and Salman—peace be upon him—are a single entity and a single light, while the inner dimension of that form is an Unseen that cannot be grasped, named, or intellectualized. They assert that the form is a light that shone forth from a Luminous Source, and a power that manifested from an All-Powerful One; it is the Veil of the Essence and the locus of the Names and Attributes, serving as the ultimate goal of the believer's pursuit. [They say] there is no way to reach the recognition of the Luminous Source except through its light,