The aspect of the back is absorbed within the aspect of the face that holds sway there. This answers an apparent difficulty. For we are saying that the face of MaH is to the front of Atik while the face of BaN is behind, and this may appear similar to the state of “back-to-back” in Zeir and Nukva, where, on the contrary, this is a deficiency, and they cannot couple unless they come face to face. Yet here we are presenting this as an advantage.
This difficulty is resolved when we understand that the relationship between the male and female aspects in Atik is not the same as in the case of Zeir and Nukva. In the case of the latter, there is indeed a backpart, and it is in order to protect the “back” from the husks (קליפות, kelipot) that the back is concealed within through the “back-to-back” state of the Partzufim. However, in the case of Atik the phenomenon of the backpart does not exist. No back is revealed because of the great power of the face.