[They] originate from another. They do not subsist by themselves. The relation (nisba) of the one who is illuminated to the one who illumines is a complete metaphor. (Mishkāt, 56)
Light (nūr) depends on manifestation (ẓuhūr), disclosure (izhār), and their degrees. Know that there is no darkness more intense (shiddat) than the darkness of non-being (ʿadamiyya, the state of non-existence, the condition of annihilation). For