One should not ask: “Surely it is the case that before the separate Nukba became attached to the Nukba in the body of Ze’er Anpin, the right of Ze’er Anpin, which is the male, was likewise receiving the light of giving, and the left of Ze’er Anpin, which is the Nukba in its body, was receiving the light of Ḥokhma, and yet the Nukba in Ze'er Anpin’s body could withstand it and was not darkness!” The explanation is that the Nukba in the body of Ze’er Anpin is the actual self of Ze’er Anpin, and therefore the light of Ḥokhma within this Nukba is not separate from the light of giving in Ze’er Anpin.
This is not the case for the separate Nukba, which is truly a different level from Ze’er Anpin, but since it became attached to the Nukba in the body of Ze’er Anpin, the separate Nukba received the light of Ḥokhma of the left of Bina, like the Nukba in the body. Consequently, after the separate Nukba received the light of Ḥokhma within itself, the light of Ḥokhma was separated from the light of giving, as it has no connection to the light of giving of Ze’er Anpin. The first state of the separate Nukba has thus been thoroughly explained.