His face, so the letter is dotted, his face by which it is known, and the dots are divided into two parts: a dot above the letter and a dot below it. So if the thing does not have what is known by it, it is known by itself by observation and by its opposite by narration, which are the dry letters. So if the sphere revolves, that is, the sphere of knowledge, the dotted letters from above occur from it, and if it rotates, an sphere. The deeds are caused by the semicoloned letters at the bottom, and when the orbit of observation turns, the dry, unpunctuated letters are caused by him. The orbit of knowledge gives creation, conditions, and dignity, and the orbit of deeds gives truths, stations, and decrees. And the orbit of observation gives innocence from all of this. It was said to Abu Yazid, “How did you become?” He said, “There is no morning or evening for me, but morning and evening.” For the one who adheres to the attribute and I do not have an attribute [Page 84 of the Cairo edition]
And this is the position of the customs. As for our saying pure or mixed, the pure is the letter that exists from one element and the mixed one that exists from two elements or more. As for our saying complete or incomplete, then the perfect is the letter that He was found to have completed the revolution of his orbit, and the incomplete thing was found to be due to part of the revolution of his orbit, and a problem occurred in the orbit that stopped it, so it fell short of what was giving it the completion of its revolution, like a worm in the animal world that has nothing but the sense of touch, so its food is whoever touches it, like the waw with the qaf and the zay with the nun, and as for our saying