Verkāʾ is the Universal Soul (Kullī Nafs), which is also the Preserved Tablet (Lawḥ-i Maḥfūẓ). (Istelāḥ, 537)
I am the mesānī verkāʾ
that is, the rational soul (nafs-i nāṭiqa)
the garden of meanings is my abode
I am the eye in seeing
I have no other mesānī
thus it calls out to me
I am not a second
everything attains my existence
in terms of becoming
the One whose Essence is beyond being seen
I have a decree
one I acquired later
I have no equal
there may be a state similar to mine
if you wish, criticize
the subtleties that come from my tongue
the divine verse 1215 has turned its face to beautiful realities
from the beauties of the gardens of Paradise
behold, they seek
from among the resonant influences
Verkāʾ, the Universal Soul (Kullī Nafs), which is the heart of the world, this (Universal Soul) is the Preserved Tablet (Lawḥ-i Maḥfūẓ), and this is also the Manifest Book (Kitāb-i Mubīn). (Kāshānī, 50; Jāmiʿ, 103)
The Eagle (ʿUqāb, the constellation Aquila), according to them, is sometimes expressed as the First Intellect (ʿAql-i Awwal), and sometimes as the Universal Nature (Kullī Ṭabīʿat). They have named the rational soul (nafs-i nāṭiqa) as verkāʾ (dove). The First Intellect, like the eagle (ʿuqāb), has raised the rational soul from the lower world to the summit of the higher world, the sacred expanse. Nature, on the other hand, has taken it and brought it to the lower world. Often, the term eagle (ʿuqāb) is used for both. The difference between them is understood through contextual clues. (Kāshānī, 131; Jāmiʿ, 90)
They are things that result from their forms. When these manifestations (tajallī) appear in your essence, you see Him only by Him. For in this maqām (spiritual station), the Real (al-Ḥaqq) is the eye with which you see. The forms of manifestation do not repeat themselves upon you. In your essence and your dominion, that manifestation departs and another similar one comes. For this reason, in the Hereafter, when you wish for something to be, you would say it generally; in the world (dunyā), however, you say "Be!" specifically, and it is. For the Real (al-Ḥaqq) is the locus of your creative power in the world. For it takes on various forms as you perform various actions in the world. In the Hereafter, it will be seen with its own various manifestations. In the world, He assumes your form; in the Hereafter, you assume His form. (Futūḥāt, TI, 486)