knowledge of the faith of faith; knowledge of gentleness; knowledge of secrecy and open expression; and knowledge of what the angel shares with the complete human being. “God speaks the truth, and He guides the way” [al-Ahzab 33:4], and He is Trustee over what we say.
Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty-One: On Knowing the Abode of Affirming Unity and Gathering, Containing Five Thousand Rafraf Stations. It Is from the Muhammadan Presence, and Its Most Complete Witnessing Belongs to One Who Witnesses It in the Middle of the Month or at Its End
Mary, daughter of ʿImran, who was created
a noble bed for a spirit—how exalted a spirit!
She guarded herself, and the Spirit came to her, bestowing
from above seven heavens, along with the Tablet.
He presented her with a lofty, honored gift,
more radiant and brighter among us than the radiance of Yūḥ.
Giving life, with no sword by which to kill,
called “Spirit” when named in speech.
(The Cloud, the World’s Origination, and Perpetual Generation)
