On the Sun and the Knowledges

Know that the letters possess essences and spirits by which the celestial dominion is governed; and he who knows their station shall have the locks of the unseen opened unto him, and his breast dilated with the light of knowledge.

This is the chapter entitled: "On the Sun and the Knowledges". In it is the exposition of what is drawn forth from the Names and the works, after the manner of the ancients.

In the name of the Merciful. Herein is related what has been lodged within the folds of words — secrets and lights — so that the discerning may ponder the wisdom and properties contained in this leaf.