In Section 78 of the Haft Awrang (specifically in Subhat al-Abrar), Jami elaborates on a fundamental ontological and epistemological division of divine knowledge within Islamic mysticism (Sufism):

1. Knowledge Associated with the Stage of Union (Jam'): This refers to the essential, absolute divine knowledge (Ilm-e Dhati) which is completely transcendent, eternal, and free from any contingency (haduth) or accidental change (arud). It is the absolute Truth (Haqq) untethered by limitations.

2. Knowledge Associated with the Stage of Dispersion (Farq): This refers to the manifested, relative divine knowledge that descends and appears in the restricted and delimited planes of existence (maratib-e taqyid), appearing in the form of creation (the form of 'you and me'). Jami notes that instances of 'so that We may know' (la-na'lama) in the Quran refer to this second, relative aspect of knowledge, as absolute divine knowledge is timeless and does not acquire new...