Its totality consists of lights that are connected to one another, being nothing other than the Light of the Essence. The Originator, the Exalted, is the whole (al-jumlah) and the detail (al-tafsil), and this totality is not other than Him.
For that reason he said: ["And the All is He, O He"] 1 . And his saying, peace be upon him: "I ask You by Salakun Salaka," is an allusion to seeking intercession through Him by means of the Name, [since it proceeds from Him] 2 , and it is not permissible to ask the Originator except through that which proceeds from Him. It is firmly established among the adherents of this sect and others that the Originator, the Exalted, is not perceived by sights, nor is He conceptualized by minds and thoughts. One who possesses such an attribute will inevitably cause tongues and expressions to fall short of rendering His descriptions or explaining His names and attributes. Rather, it must be expressed through a phrasing that serves as a means for comprehending some of what we have explained, and there is no way to achieve this except by way of analogy (bi-tariq al-mathal),