, , , , , , ,  As we exist in the cosmos, navigating the signs,
living through signification, we are unaware that all things
(linguistic, physical, objective, subjective) are signs that
have within them, ultimately, an indication of what philosophers
have called the Other. The Other is nothing but the
Indescribable Beloved who stands to Creation in Total Alterity:
There is nothing like Him, but He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
(Qur’an 42:11)  There is nothing comparable to Him. (Qur’an
112:4)  The unnamable G-d, the 100th name of Allah, the
unknowable infinite Ein Sof!  Vision cannot grasp Him, but His
Grasp is over all vision. (Qur’an 6:103)   Nothing is comparable
to the Other.  But all things intimate the Other. All signs are
in submission, and submission is intimation. The Indescribable
Beloved is intimated by all signs, whether we are aware of it or
not. This is the perception of the Prophet (pbuh): all things
submit to God. Indication is submission and all names indicate
the unnamable:  Do they seek othe