“When Allah manifests Itself to us as the Real, or the Cosmos, we perceive the Divine Names. The Names, due to their distinction from one another (although they all proceed from the same Essence), generate duality. The Names are the self-disclosure of the Essence. However, in knowing Allah as Essence, the dervish crosses over to Unity.” EssenceUnitySufismDivine NamesManifestation Of AllahSufi Teaching Book:The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis Source: The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis