I ask God for steadfastness upon them.' He cites as evidence the words of the Sheikh [al-Khasibi]—may God be pleased with him:

Praise be to God! The Monotheism of their Creator

Has exhausted the clever ones, while the rest of creation remains in neglect.

He says: 'Had the Visual Form not been He, he would not have said in another place in his poetry:

So that they may affirm Him and not deny His vision

The sight of the eyes in certainty; Exalted is the Eternal One!

He says: 'Know, my master—may God protect you, preserve you, and grant you wellness from evil—that regarding all those among the believers who have attained purity and those among the disbelievers who have remained in turbidness: no believer reaches purity except by affirming Existence and acknowledging the Unveiled Form (al-Surah al-Anza’iyya). He must acknowledge that it is the Ultimate Goal, above which there is no Truth and below which there is no finality... etc.'

He says: The trustworthy Sheikh, Abu al-Husayn Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Jinni, narrated a virtue (fadlan) in his testament (wasiyya) through which the Truth regarding the Meaning (al-Ma’na) is realized and doubts are dispelled.