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The Veil of Letters and the Outer and Inner Dimensions of the Quran in Section 93 of Haft Awrang

In Section 93 of Silsilat al-Dhahab (from the Haft Awrang), Jami outlines the spiritual transition from the Basmalah to reciting the Quran, introducing key Sufi hermeneutical metaphors. He describes the Quranic text as a beautiful, unseen beloved (shahed-e lareyb) who has emerged from the chamber of the unseen (hejle-ye gheybi) clothed in a 'robe of letters' (harir-e horuf). Jami asserts that this textual garment both veils and reveals the divine word. To truly engage with the Quran, the seeker must peel back this textual veil to uncover its outer (zahr) and inner (batn) dimensions, which lead to deeper levels of spiritual understanding (batn-e batn).

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