It is not permitted to give out the knowledge gained through [supersensuous] vision. This much only can be recorded:-- The objects of the senses constitute this world (=Mulk=); those cognised by intellect constitute the plane of =Malakût=; the potentialities of all beings constitute the plane of =Jabarût=; ... In other words, this world is visible, the =Malakût= is supersensuous, the =Jabarût= is super-supersensuous.... The subtlety of this world cannot bear comparison with that of =Malakût=, the subtlety of =Malakût= with that of =Jabarût=, nor the subtlety of =Jabarût= with that of the Holy Essence Divine. There is not an atom of this world but is permeated by =Malakût=; not an atom of =Malakût= but is permeated by =Jabarût=; not an atom of this world, =Malakût= and =Jabarût= but is permeated by God, and conscious of Him. Being the most subtile, He must permeate all--for the greater the subtlety, the greater the quality of permeation. Now you may understand the meaning of the verse: "God is with thee wherever thou art, and in thy very being, though thou mayest not see Him; nearer is He to thee than the nerve of thy neck." Hence is it said that this world, =Malakût=, =Jabarût= and God Himself are all with thee, and that the True Man is the focus and mirror of all the Mysteries of the Divine Essence. It is not permitted to go further lest exotericism may censure. "Utter not secrets before the mob if thou art a true devotee Hast thou not seen that =Mansûr=, intoxicated with devotion, uttered a secret and was put to death?"--_Loc. cit., Letter 2_. ISLÂM. =Islâm= is other than the lower nature. So long as the lower impulses do not yield to purity, the heart has no affinity with Islâm. The investigators of Truth give to the bundle of the impulses the name of 'the desire-nature'. The outer body with its limbs and joints is not dangerous, but is simply a horse to carry the directions of the Law. God says: 'He sent us a horse from His mighty palace. Let us ride on it and come to the Path'. So long as it carries His directions we should not vex it. If it attempts to transgress the Law, let us punish it with the whip of asceticism, so that it may come back to the path. This is the discipline of the body. But if a man pricks his limb with a pin, saying that he thereby subdues the desire-nature, he is a sinner. Many ignorant fellows labour under a delusion and foolishly take self-torture as an important discipline. By no means transgress the limit of the Law and common-sense. The body is a valuable horse, and fit to carry the divine charges. It is the desire-nature, and not the body, which deserves rooting out and chastisement. The world is arrayed into two parties, the party of God and the party of Satan. Look well and see to which _you_ belong.... A Knower has said, "No one comes to worship God, unless promised the bribe of heaven and threatened with the torture of hell." This indicates an indifference to Monotheism. It is said: