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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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Abraham said this during His appearance in the humanity (nasut), so he confessed and complied. And He appeared to him in the form into whose collar He breathed—the breath being Jesus son of Mary, Mighty is His Might. He is the one whom Noah called upon in the Kingdom, and the responder to him was Amir Almuminin, Mighty is His Might. He is the one from whom Adam received the words; He is his Creator and the Judge of the Day of Religion."

(183) From Muhammad ibn Sinan from Yunus ibn Zabyan, peace be upon them: I entered upon our Master al-Sadiq, Mighty is His Might, and said: "I bear witness that You are the God of gods, and that You are the one who appeared in the houses of the non-Arabs (al-'ajam), then appeared in the houses of the Arabs." He said: "O Yunus, when the Unveiling comes, the matter returns to the First Justice, which is the White Bahmaniyya and the Unveiled Religion as the first of all things."

(184) From Muhammad ibn Sadaqa, peace be upon him, from our Master Musa al-Kazim, Mighty is His Might: "God charged His servants not to deny Him in whatever form He appears to them. He appeared to them in the likeness of their own forms, yet they denied Him." And he said: "Whoever worships a non-existent thing attains only non-existence."

(185) By the chain of transmission from the Knower, Mighty is His Might: "Whoever worships One he does not recognize, it is certain that when he meets Him, he shall not recognize Him."

(186) And he said: "Everything upon which the name of 'Manifestation' does not fall is likely to be nothing."

(187) By the chain from al-Sadiq, Mighty is His Might: "Amir Almuminin, Mighty is His Might, appeared to the non-Arabs as Bahman the Persian and said: 'I am your Lord whom you worship and your God whom you seek.' A group said: 'You are so,' and believed in him. The rest said: 'We knew your father before he joined with your mother, we know your birth, and we knew you among us as a child.' So he breathed a breath upon them and it became fire and burned them. Then he had mercy on them and resurrected them, and they returned to life. Our Master, Mighty is His Might, then became hidden from them. For this reason, the Persians have magnified fire until now."

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