Zulaykhā's tempting him away from his soul and her closing of the doors to him is an allusion to the manifestation of the self-reproaching soul in her - for variegation at the station of the heart takes place as a result of the manifestation of the soul, while variegation at the station of the spirit takes place as a result of the presence of the heart [there] - and [an allusion] to her attracting of the heart [Joseph] to her soul by seducing it and gaining mastery over it and adorning its attributes and its pleasures for it, and her closing of its [the heart's] exit to the spirit by blocking the thoroughfares of reflection and the outlets of light with her [the soul's] veiling attribute.
