And based upon what I have mentioned and brought forward, we—the Khasibis, treaders of the Junbulani Path—believe that Allah, Glory be to Him, is seen and witnessed by means of manifestation (al-tajalli). For the people of light have beheld Him by the light, and the people of temperament—meaning humans—have seen Him in a human image as a kindness from Him, the Exalted, and to bring comfort. Thus He, Majestic is His status, has manifested to us from the era of Adam until Muhammad—His might was mighty—in seven manifestations:

named Abel, Seth, Joseph, Joshua, Asaph, Simon, and Ali. And that very image through which He manifested is His Essence, Glory be to Him, and none other. He appeared through it to establish existence, originate capability, and realize direct witnessing—yet He is not it in [terms of] entireness, combination, and total encompassment, because the Essence of Allah, from the perspective of what It is, cannot be encompassed or perceived, whereas this image is seen as encompassed and perceived. The cause of that lies within the looking eyes, not in the One looked upon; the vision was only from our perspective,