Arsh-i karim (ʿarsh-i karīm) is the kursi (the footstool, that is, the place where the kademayn—two feet, meaning the opposing attributes pertaining to the Divine Essence—are placed). Then Allah transformed this into another sphere and named it the kursi. It is at the center of the ʿarsh (Divine Throne), like a ring thrown in the middle of a desert on earth. Between these two spheres, Allah created the world of hebā (subtle ether). He populated this kursi with governing angels and seated Mikāʾīl (the archangel Michael) there. The kademayn guided him to it.
The word ʿarsh is unique, for it is the head of the world of composition. In the kursi, two nisbat (relations) manifest to it. This is because it is the second sphere in which the kalima (word) is divided into parts. Speech (kalām) is also divided into parts. Even if it is singular, the word is called kademayn, and it is divided into two parts: command-prohibition (amr-nahy) and statement-inquiry (khabar-istikhbār). One of these two spheres produces strange forms in the world of elements, and from these arise events called khāriqul-ʿāda (extraordinary occurrences). These are strange forms whose origins are unknown; this is what (arsh-i karim) is. As expressed in the following verse, it manifests in the two worlds of imagination: "And suddenly, by their magic, their ropes appeared to him as if they were moving swiftly" (Tāhā 20:66).
In the world of reality (ʿālam al-ḥaqīqa), things such as miracles (muʿjiza) and saintly wonders (karāma) are found. Among our companions, few other than those who are efrād (sing. farad: individuals who have attained spiritual singularity) have access to or reach these two spheres. The structure and