Know, may God help us and you, that God Almighty said, “No, they will be veiled from their Lord that Day.” And he, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “Indeed, God has seventy veils of light and darkness. If He had revealed them, the glory of His face would have burned whatever His sight of His creation has perceived.

So look at how gentle it is. These veils and what He concealed them, for He said, “And We are closer to Him than our jugular vein,” despite the presence of these veils that prevent us from seeing Him in this great proximity. And we do not see these veils with an eye, for they are also veiled from us. And God Almighty said, “And We are closer to Him than you are, but you do not see.” Yes, O our Lord, we do not see you, nor do we see the veils. We are behind the veil of veil, and you are from us in the place of a vein or closer to us than we are, and this closeness is the reason for not seeing us. Being attached to you, a person does not see himself