The management (tedbīr) of the ʿārif (gnostic) finds fanāʾ (annihilation in God) in the management of the Real (al-Ḥaqq). The one who attains futūḥ (spiritual conquest/opening) attains it only through Allah. Such a person is constantly beholding Allah. (ʿAwārif, 95)
For the one who attains futūḥ (spiritual conquests), being in the presence of the children of Adam is the same as being in the presence of the angels. By the hand of power and ḥikma (wisdom), for the one deprived of futūr (spiritual languor), seeking and detaching from causes are of equal value; (that is,) it means to set aside seeing causes. When tawhid (the oneness of God) becomes firm, causes disappear from a person's sight.
Futūḥ is, outwardly, the expression (of truths); inwardly, it is the unveiling of the sweetness (ḥalāwa) of iman (faith), and the opening of kashf (unveiling). (Iṣṭilāḥī, 536)
The unveiling of sweetness inwardly is among the futūḥāt (spiritual openings). This is because the Real draws the person to Himself. If this sweetness is spiritual, its possessor feels its effect as one feels the coolness of cold water. The path of this sensation in the senses passes through the brain, then descends to the place of taste (the tongue). From this, a pleasure is felt. Alongside this pleasure, there is a sense of ease in the limbs and joints, and a tingling in the organs due to the excess of delight. Among those who attain this pleasure, there are some for whom the sweetness lasts an hour, a day, or even longer. There is no specific time for its duration in the body. (Futūḥāt, I, 495)
Futūḥ is everything that Allah opens to the servant after all outward and inward blessings—such as provisions, worship, knowledge, maʿārif (gnoses), and kashf (unveilings)—had been closed. (Kāshānī, 135; Jāmiʿ, 91)
futūr: Futūr is the distinction (separation) of creation (khalq) from the Real (al-Ḥaqq) and from that which follows from this... (Kāshānī, 137; Jāmiʿ, 92). This distinction occurs through states and forms. (Jāmiʿ, 92)