p1

E33f3fjS(£3f2
^Chapter One*^
ALL THE PHILOSOPHERS AGREE that Allah
had created five essences and he made some
higher in ranks than others, he made the higher
the better than the ones beneath. So the first
essence is better in wisdom, light arid morals than the rest
The five natures axe, the first primordial matter and it is
the upper world and the first image and it is also the first
element, then the mind, the soul and the nature, which is
the sky Then the fifth essence is the celestial body, which
is the element of the bodv. So Allah made himself as the
first primordial essence on his throne, the one and only
and he made that throne receive his light, wisdom and
morals from his power and he made primordial matters
formative and motivating. Then He made the mind in his
horizon where it gets its light, wisdom and morals from
his power and it is also where it forms and motivates the
essence of mind back to Allah. Then he made the soul fall
in the mind's horizon and this receives the light, wisdom
and morals from the mind's power and it forms and
motivates it. Then he made the nature in the horizon of the
soul and get the light, wisdom and morals from the soul's
power and it forms and motivates it, so that all these
essences get back to the first primordial matter and that is
Allah himself. So the first is the more honorable, most
delicate and the most gracious over the mind, then the
m ind is more honorable, more delicate and more gracious
"tan the soul, the soul is more honorable, more delicate
163