Just as God does not speak to His creation except from behind a veil, and the veil is the same as speech, likewise you do not speak to Him, nor do you mention yourself or anyone else to Him, except from behind a veil. This is inevitable, for viewing leads to dullness and muteness, so the one who remembers, even if the truth is his companion, must be blind and it is necessary. And his blindness is his remembrance, then the truth is a companion who is unseen in the eyes of every remembrancer. So whoever is overwhelmed by the vision of imagination regarding the right of his Lord, from His saying, “As if you see him,” which is a conjuration in imagination, then the example of that is a combination of sight and speech. The companion in that state is like you, not someone like him, and this was the case of Al-Shihab, my nephew Al-Najib. May God have mercy on him for what was reported to me by someone trustworthy in my opinion, of his saying that man combines viewing and speech. Where is