some sketches, and a quote

"He had apparently answered 'yes' to the question asked on the day of the preeternal Covenant, while secretly his choice fell on his own passion. He apparently chose rightly when he answered in the affirmative the question that was put to him.  But though his choice was sufficient to commit him to the effort, nevertheless his secret state of mind outweighed the formulated answer.  For this answer was certainly on his lips, but his secret tendency contradicted it.
"After he descended into this world, and the effort he had to make was shown to him a second time, everything was dissipated in doubt and confusion.  Thus, the secret thought contradicting the answer which was then formulated, was the matrix of the work later carried on.
"That is why this secret thought is the 'clay' from which he was created by his own works.  Each individual assumes the form which, thanks to his works, has lodged in his most secret part."
Ahmad Ahsa'i (d. 1826)