Ibn al-ʿArabī’s discourse demands a hermeneutic that transcends literalism (ẓāhir), inviting readers into an ocean of meanings (baḥr al-maʿānī) beyond lexical shores. His symbolic language—whether alluding to “jewels,” “mirrors,” or “celestial spheres”—serves as a ladder (miʿrāj) for the adept to ascend from metaphor to Reality (min al-ramz ilā’l-ḥaqīqa). To stagnate in the literal is to obscure the very truths these symbols seek to unveil. As the Shaykh warns: “The words themselves are veils; rend them to behold the Light.”