The Knower (Exalted be His Might) said in the Book of "Al-Aswas":
"A Form that has no Fashioner (Musawwir)1 for it, and a Form that has a Fashioner."
And Al-Baghdadi said:
"He is the Hyle (Al-Hayula - Prime Matter), and all creation is His form."
The Path of Knowledge and the Inner Reality of Sense-Perceptions and Intelligibles
And if you are possessor of acumen and intellect, you do not need proliferation; rather, a little reminder convinces you. And Allah the Almighty has said:
Footnotes
1Fashioning (Taswir): Is what is imprinted in the eye when viewing sensory things.The Form that has no Fashioner = The Abstract Anza'iyya Form, which is the Absolute Light.The Form that has a Fashioner in the eye = The Attribute witnessed within limits and directions.The Sheikh of the Religion (Peace be upon him) said: "The Essence shows them a fashioning by His Power; Exalted is the Fashioner above the fashioning of one with a body."Abu al-Hasan Ali al-Baghdadi said:"A Light too sublime for limitation, High, Adorned with the brightness of the sun, Holy. He is the Hyle, and all creation is His form, And the Whole, by the Whole, is from Him, [as a] part.""The Whole": An indication of the Light, the Radiance, and the Shadow."By the Whole, from Him": [Meaning] due to the inability to see Him and comprehend Him."From Him, [as a] part" (Minhu Juz'i): "Min" indicates commencement/origin, and the "Ha" refers back to the Absolute High Light. The "Ya" in the word Juz'i is the "Ya of Attribution" (Ya al-Nisba).Meaning: The Whole is a part from Him. Meaning: The Light, Radiance, and Shadow which began and were built from Him are attributed to the Indivisible Part (Al-Juz' al-Asamm).This verse summarizes the meaning of the Knower's saying: "A Form that has no fashioner, and a Form that has a fashioner," and it also summarizes the meaning of the "Verse of Light" in the Holy Quran.Note: "Universality" (Kulliyyah) according to philosophers is a necessity of Mental Existence for the Quiddity, while "Partiality" (Juz'iyyah) is a necessity of External Existence.




