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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Beginning and the Return - Al-Husayn ibn Harun al-Baghdadi

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Once nothing of the Truth remains except that he has disbelieved in it, and nothing of falsehood remains except that he has upheld it, at that point, he is transferred into the types of metamorphosis (Masukhiyya).

[3] This is supported by the saying of al-Sadiq—exalted is His might: "Verily, the Master Muhammad established the Person of the Thing (Shakhs al-Shay'), who is the Guardian (al-Wali), the Gate (al-Bab), and the Sovereign over all that is subtle and grand.

He established him 1 by His power as a Vanquisher, and by His radiance as Manifest 2 , and by His light as Capable. Then He commanded him to create all that is in the Kingdom (al-Malakut) from among those whom none knows but He. Thus, the Guardian established the first of his creation by the power of the Most High. Then, the Guardian established al-Miqdad from the light of his purity; then he proceeded by the will of his Lord through him, from the will of God Almighty, and delegated to him. So al-Miqdad created Abu Dharr and delegated to him the subtlety of craftsmanship and the management of power. Then Abu Dharr created that which the vision perceives of every spirit, until he established the Five and arranged the Chiefs unto the Mountains, who are the Five Ranks (al-Maratib al-Khamsa).

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: "Willed him by His power as a Vanquisher."
2In another manuscript: "As Resplendent (Zahiran)."
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