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

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Human Form is the Anza'i Form (al-Surat al-Anza'iyya) in truth and essence.'

And he says: 'Indeed, the Hidden Treasure (al-Kanz al-Mukhfi) is that very Form, according to His saying in [They] knew Me.'

They said: 'Had the Form been 'other' than Him, they would not have known Him through it; and [they said] that the Form of Grace is 'other' than the Form of Omnipotence, and that the Unknown Limit is 'other' than the Known Limit in reality and essence—not in genus and outward appearance.'

And he [the Sheikh] says: 'We have recognized the Transcendence (Tanzih) of the Essence above Names and Attributes, and that neither a near angel nor a sent prophet can perceive it, nor can it be described by any description or uttered by letters. [However], he has made clear to us that his intended Essence—which he sanctifies—is the Visual Form itself, which is the Universal Goal; Exalted and Sublime is She.'

And he says: 'As for their presentation of this 'Transcendence' which they brought forth [to negate the Form], there is no need to present it to prove that the Essence is a 'Illusory Point' (Nuqta Wahmiyya), nor for their insistence that no imagination can perceive it and no Name or Door can encompass it.'

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