لا يمكن أن يتّصف هو، سواه، بصفتين متضادتين في آن واحد؛ ومع ذلك فليس بينهما تضادّ عنده. هو خفيّ في ظهوره، ظاهر في حجبه.

“Other than He cannot be qualified by two (opposite) qualities at one time; yet With Him they do not create opposition. He is hidden in His manifestation, manifest in His concealing.”Mansur Al-Hallaj — Doctrine of the Sufis