It remains thus. For this reason, the Shaykh (Ibn ʿArabī) has said: Food, at the moment of the first kashf (unveiling), should be in a state where its heat and moisture predominate, so that the temperament of the sālik (the one traversing the path) may be balanced (muʿtadil). For that food, on the one hand, is affected by the mineral aspect of kashf, and on the other, by the coldness and dryness resulting from ascetic discipline (riyāḍa).
Regarding the second kashf, he has said: The heat and moisture of the food must be balanced (muʿtadil). For through riyāḍa, dryness and moisture come to predominate in the temperament, and thus, with it,