while it is possessor of a form—the children in the schools (Makateeb) would reprimand you, and you would be ashamed and embarrassed by your statement.

I have already presented to you what preceded regarding the mention of the Mawali concerning the Human Nature (Nasut) and the Divine Nature (Lahut), but you did not ponder what you heard; rather, you turned away from the speech entirely.

And Abu Sa'id said in his sermon:

"He appeared to His creation like His creation, creating affinity (Mujanisan); and He drew near to them by His Mercy, creating familiarity (Mu'anisan). He resembled them in species and forms, but differed from them in Reality and Substance."

And the Master (Al-Sayyid) said:

"Inward, Outward, Silent, Speaking, Absent, Present."

So if you argue and say in your argument:

"You have not known the Visible Form except [as] Him; yet you did not see Him, nor did you witness Him with your eyes, nor were you present in the time of the Manifestation, nor did you witness the Occultation and the Presence. How then do you testify to what you do not know the validity of, and whose vision you have not verified?"

While Allah says:

{And do not say about Allah except the truth.}¹