INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL
Therein 1 is recalled the radiant light — the luminous emanation from the light of the Shuʿaybī House, that majestic and lofty House, the mine of noble lineage and exalted honor, of that which the noble, purified divine asbāb [sacred intermediaries/Imams] conveyed from the shirts of to the luminous plane/station (maḥall al-nūrāniyya) and the direct witnessing of the [visible Form] 2 I mean by it this cause through which God bestowed favor upon me and brought me to the true knowledge and the disclosure of this secret, [and I witnessed that which He uttered, and I beheld His vision] 3and I became certain that the visible Form is the universal Telos [the ultimate end encompassing all things], proclaiming the Maʿnā-quality [the essential divine attribute] through knowledge and divine power, and I bear witness that the veil is the objective,