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"SfGhayat Al-Hakim}*-
one part is alive and the other is dead; one half is moving and
the other half is idle; one half is formed and the other is
formless; one half is night-time and the other is daytime; one
half is darkness and the other is light; one half is concealed, and
the other is exposed; one half is tangible and the other is
reasonable; one half is the sustainer and the other is the
sustained. He shies away from shameful deeds and tolerates
and does whatever he likes and regrets. His essence is
composed of gentle as well as harsh characteristics; he possesses
some of the harsh characteristics of earth, the gentle touch of
air, the friendliness of fire and the coolness of water.
Accordingly, he is moderate in his motion, which is the soul of
life. By his motion he recognizes the heat of fire through its fiery
power and the coolness of water through the inherent coolness
of water and so on with the rest of the Elements.
Nonetheless, his head resembles the celestial sphere by its
shape and roundness as well as by the good inlaid lights such as
seeing, smelling, tasting and speaking. His eyes are similar to
the O and the % his nostrils to the two winds, his ears to the
East and West, his front to the day and his back to the night, his
walking to the motion of stars and his sitting to their being
fixed, his retreat to their decline and his death to their burning.
His abdominal organs are seven equal to the number of the
moving planets. He has seven bones in his head equal to the
number of days in the week, 24 vertebras in his back equal to
the number of hours of the day and night, and 28 joints equal to
the number of the houses of the D and the number of the
alphabets. The number of his intestines are equal to the lunar
phases, and the number of arteries are 365 with an equal
number of veins, and that is equal to the number of days and
nights of the year, as well as to the number of the celestial
degrees. The number of his different characteristics are equal to
the number of changes in the time of the year.
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