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Textual Evidence in Establishing the Visible Image as the Ultimate Purpose - Ibrahim Sa’ud

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The meaning of his statement—may God brighten his face—"is He" in terms of existence and vision, is to validate the Manifestation, to realize the Manifester, to find the Existent, and to distinguish the One (al-Wahid) from the Unique (al-Ahad), the Name from the Named, and the Messenger from the Sender.

Then he said: "He is not she as a whole, a collection, or confinement"; meaning—Exalted is His Power—that sights do not behold Him through encompassment or perception like other perceived and witnessed things. For He—the Almighty—is too sublime for sights to perceive Him through the reality of gazing, or for thoughts to imagine Him through the reality of perception and confinement.

I affirm and believe: that I disassociate myself before God from anyone who believes that there is an Ultimate Goal (Ghaya) beyond that [Visual] Goal. Had it been possible—God forbid—for there to be a goal beyond that goal, it would have led to an infinite regress into nothingness (ma la nihaya lahu), resulting in Non-existence (al-'Adam). Thus, existence and manifestation would have been nullified. We seek refuge in God from such a thing; may God curse whoever says this, for it is blatant disbelief (al-kufr al-surah) and manifest polytheism (al-shirk al-bawah).

He says: 'We, the community of believers, declare the Oneness of the Unique Existent (al-Ahad al-Mawjud), the Sublime

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