But, considering the vanishing of multiplicities in the...

But, considering the vanishing of multiplicities in the Greatest Name of Allah, all Bismillāh s have a single meaning. These two opinions are also applied to the stages of existence and the stations of invisibility and visibility. In the view of multiplicity and seeing the phenomena, all the multiplied beings, the stages of existence and the phenomena of the world are the different names of the Beneficent, the Merciful, the Powerful and the Gracious.

In the view of the vanishing of multiplicities and the effacement of the lights of existence in the eternal light of the Sacred Emanation [ fayd-i muqaddas ], there is nothing except the Sacred Emanation [ fayd-i muqaddas ] and the All-Embracing Name of Allah. Both of these two opinions are also present in the Divine Names and Attributes. According to the first opinion, the state of Unity [ wāhidiyyat ] is the state of multiple Names and Attributes, as all multiplicities are from Him.

According to the second opinion, there is no name and form [ ism wa rasm ] except the Greatest Name of Allah. These two opinions are wise and thought upon. But if the view became gnostic through opening the doors of the heart, and through the steps of conduct and cordial austerity, Allah, the Exalted, will appear in the hearts of its possessors through His manifestations in Act, Name and Essence, sometimes in the Attribute of multiplicity and sometimes in the Attribute of Unity.

The Glorious Qur'an refers to these manifestations, both overtly, as in His saying: “ And when his Lord manifested (His light) to the mountain, He made it crumble to dust, and Moses fell down senseless,” [^8] and covertly, as in the scenes witnessed by Ibrāhīm (' a ) and the Messenger of Allah ( s ), which are referred to in the sūrah s al-An'ām and an-Najm as well as in the narratives and the invocations of the infallibles (' a ) which frequently refer to the same topic, especially in the great du'ā [invocation] called ” as-Simāt ,” whose authenticity and text cannot be denied by the deniers, and it is accepted by both the Sunnī s and the Shī'ah s, and by both gnostics and common people.

In this noble invocation there are many high meanings and teachings smelling which raptures the gnostic's heart, and its breeze blows divine breath into the sālik 's spirit.