His words, Exalted is He:

Indeed We revealed it on a blessed night…

He said:

God sent the Qurʾān down as a whole on the Night of Great Merit (Laylat al-Qadr) to the House of Might (bayt al-ʿizza) in the heaven of this world, from the Preserved Tablet in the hands of the recording angels (malāʾik safara). It was then sent down to the spirit (rūḥ) of Muḥammad ﷺ, which is the blessed spirit (rūḥ mubārak), and thus He called the Night of Great Merit a blessed night (layla mubāraka) due to the [spiritual] link between one [descent of] blessing and the other.^{1i.e. the coming together of the descent of the blessed Qurʾān from the Preserved Tablet to the House of Might, and then to the blessed Prophet. The image is one of a cascade of blessings streaming down to the heart of the blessed Prophet.}

His words, Exalted is He:

There is no god except Him. He gives life and brings death…

He said:

In reality, there is no god except the One who has the power to bring into existence that which was not in existence, and bring to extinction that which was in existence.

His words, Exalted is He:

…the day when the heaven will produce a visible smoke…

He said:

The smoke in this world is hardness of the heart and heedlessness of (His) remembrance,^{1This may mean literally the remembrance of God, but it could also mean His Reminder (dhikr) in the sense of the Revelation.} and there is no punishment severer in this world than the corruption of the heart.

It was related of Uways al-Qaranī and Haram b. Ḥayyān that they met one day and Haram said to Uways, ‘Make a supplication to God [for me]’. So he prayed, ‘May He make your intention (nīya) and your heart (qalb) sound, for there is nothing more seriously in need of curing than these two. For while your heart [seems to be] going towards [God] (muqbil), it may [in fact] be going away [from Him] (mudbir), and while your heart [seems to be] going away, [it may, in fact] be going towards [Him]. Do not consider the insignificance of a misdeed, but rather consider [the greatness of] the One whom you have disobeyed.^{2The published edition has the addition of the word ʿaẓama here, which is nicely symmetrical, although it does not accord with the MSS.} If you deem it [the misdeed] as great, verily you have magnified God, Exalted is He, whereas if you belittle it, for sure you have belittled God, Exalted is He.’

His words:

And leave the sea behind you, at rest…^{1This is part of God’s command to Moses that he should lead the Children of Israel to escape Egypt by crossing the Red Sea (vv. 23–32).}

[That is], a calm pathway (ṭarīq sākin) [for you to cross]. Its inner meaning is: ‘Make your heart acquiesce in (sākin) My management (tadbīrī) [of your affairs].’^{2It may be recalled that in his commentary on 30:41, Tustarī interprets the sea as the heart.} …Indeed they will be a drowned host, that is, those who are opposed to consigning the management (tadbīr) of themselves [to God].

His words:

…except for him on whom God has mercy…

That is, whomever God knows from His prior knowledge to be one of those who will receive mercy, [so that] in the end, the grace of that mercy will reach him, by virtue of His making the believers intercessors (shufaʿāʾ) for one another.