Discourse of the Pitch-Black Raven

Then the Raven stood up (to be distinguished) and said: I am the scaffold for lights (pl.) and the transporter of the place of Al-Asrar (i.e. Divine Observatory) and the place of Al-Kaif (How-ness qualitative) and the place of Al-Kam (How-much-ness quantitively) and the instrument of joy and soffow, the leader of the followers, the ‘sense’ and the ‘sensed’ are for (from) me. Through me emerged the material designs (blue-prints) and from on me (from me) stood the realm of corporeal bodies.