And know that the meanings that characterize hearts may be made by God as a sign of their occurrence in the souls of whomsoever of His servants He wishes for them to be attained by signs from outside. That sign is called by the name of that meaning that obtains in Himself from God. Rather, He names it by it so that it is known that that sign is due to the occurrence of this meaning. It was installed, like the Almighty’s saying, in the ark of the children of Israel: God has placed in it a sakina, which is an image in the shape of an animal. People differed as to which .