Al-Usayfir

Then it does not escape one of two matters:

"Either the people disbelieved so He absented Himself from them; or He became angry with them, so He transferred to another place to call its people and guide them."

And everything attributed to these sayings is void and impossible¹.

And that is because Allah—Sanctified be His Names—is Present, Existent to His creation, not missing. Manifest by His Word, Inward by His Wisdom. Calling the creation by clear speech to His Lordship and Eternity. The Subjugator of Existence by His Subsistence and Permanence; Manifest by His Lights; Appearing by His Will; Subjugating the Whole by His Power.

[He is] the Living, the Self-Subsisting. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. He spread the spirits, moved the figures (Ashbah), subjected the winds, and extended the Shadow and the Light.

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¹The text is clear and explicit in invalidating the sayings of the false claimants who say that the Worshipped Meaning appeared in the Human Form but did not appear in the Visible Luminous Form to the eyes of the beholders.We recall His saying, the Almighty: “And it is He who is [the only] Deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] Deity.” (Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:84).And we recall the Tawhidic Rule: "He is not absent from His earth by witnessing His heaven, nor from His heaven by witnessing His earth."We recall again the sayings of our Master the Commander of the Faithful:"I am the Moon of the Eclipse. I am the Crescent of China. I am the Zabarqan (Glittering Star) of the Planets. I am the Samandal (Phoenix) of the Spheres. I am the Piercing Star. I am the Night-Visitor (Tariq) of the Zodiacs by night..."Therefore: The Divine Presence is not limited to the Human Shirt (body).

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Al-Usayfir - Muhammad ibn Shu‘ba al-Harrani

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