They are the aʿyān-i thābita (immutable archetypes). That which is connected to the maʿdūm (nonexistent) is also maʿdūm... (Kāshānī, 102; Jāmiʿ, 86) For this reason, Sahl (al-Tustarī) said: There is such a secret of rubūbiyya (lordship) that, if this secret were to be revealed, rubūbiyya would become bāṭil (invalid/falsehood). Thus, this becoming bāṭil is connected to it. (Kāshānī)
The text here is present in both sources. Therefore, the second reference is placed according to the repeated text, not chronological order. Since the text belonging to Kāshānī continues below, three dots ... are placed at the end of the text.
IV. Three types of parentheses are used in the work:
a. Normal parentheses:
Words showing the Arabic originals of terms are shown in normal parentheses. Example: e'imme (âsi).
Explanations and notes present in the original texts are also shown in normal parentheses.
Example: ...In the right hand of the nafs (nafs), there is a rosary and the Qur'an. But in its sleeve, a dagger and a sword are hidden. (Note: The nafs, which on one hand presents itself as a Sufi, as faithful, commits all kinds of sins and crimes when it finds the opportunity. Şefik Can)
This parenthesis is also used to indicate the source from which the texts are taken. Example: (Mathnawī, III, 202)
Curly parentheses (9):
All kinds of references to other entries are shown within this special parenthesis. Example: rajāʾ) (see khawf-rajāʾ) or a reference in another entry (Also see: ilhām; wārid; wāridāt).
Some related sub-terms concerning certain terms are also shown in this type of parenthesis as an explanation next to the main term heading. Example: khāṭir/khawāṭir or khatra/khaṭarāt fahwā lil-qalb; faḍl; ʿāriḍ; afhām-i khalāʾiq; khāṭir al-ʿaql, khāṭir al-malak, khāṭir al-nafs, khāṭir al-rūḥ, khāṭir al-shayṭān, khāṭir al-yaqīn, khawāṭir, khawāṭir al-ḥaqq, khawāṭir al-nafs; mawārid; tadhkira.
The names in parentheses here indicate other related sub-terms that can be addressed under the heading khāṭir/khawāṭir or khatra/khaṭarāt.
Editorial interventions in the text are also shown in this special parenthesis. Sometimes, within this parenthesis, word equivalents for terms are given, and sometimes explanations are provided in a manner suitable to the flow of the sentence. Example:
Rajāʾ, (regarding matters promised by God, such as the blessings of the hereafter) tas...
Sentences in parentheses indicate editorial additions.
Square brackets []:
Qur'an and hadith sources are placed in square brackets.
Examples: Allah has said: The servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the earth easily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words of] peace. [al-Furqān 25:63]
An example of the discovery of secrets is the following hadith of the Messenger of God (peace be upon him): Worship Allah as if you see Him. [Bukhārī, Īmān, 83; Muslim, Īmān, 1]
If a text appears in more than one source with some differences, the differences are also shown in square brackets.
Shuʾūn are (divine) acts. Shuʾūn-i dhātiyya (essential acts) are the aʿyān and ḥaqīqas, the selves in the Essence of Oneness, their imprints (images) (Jāmiʿ). These aʿyān and ḥaqīqas are like the branches and leaves of a tree...