In 'The Revisions' (al-Muraja'at):
He says in his response to Sheikh Salim Nasir al-Hakim: 'And that is nothing but the explicit creed of the Sheikh: that the Visual Form is the Universal Goal; and whoever considers the Form to be 'other' than the Essence, his judgment is that of the Shurah [the Seceders/Kharijites] 1 .'
[Until his saying]: 'We believe that Effacement (al-Mahw), Increase, Decrease, and Incapacity are due to a cause within us, not within Him 2 . Had these [changes] been a reality [within Him], the cause would have resided in Him, not in us; and it would be He who is fluctuating, rather than the sights and the hearts.'
He says in the text of the First Fatwa: 'The Visual Form in this school of thought is the Universal Goal (al-Ghaya al-Kulliyya). Whoever believes that the Meaning (al-Ma'na) is 'other' than it, is like the Shurah [Kharijites] and the Nawasib [enemies of the Household] who disavow Him.'
According to the Nuriyya Sect: 'The two forms are One in reality and essence, though not in genus and outward appearance.'