He neither shifts nor vanishes; yet He is not 'it' [the image] in the sense of total identity, nor a composite union, nor encompassment, nor confinement."
By this statement, he [al-Khasibi]—may Allah illumine his face—demonstrated that the Visible Image is the One Meaning, and that it does not enter into numerical counts, nor is it categorized among [created] persons.
He says: "The Meaning (Exalted be He) manifests to the people of the East while being manifest in the West; and He manifests to the people of the West while being manifest in the East. He manifests in all regions of the earth, such that no place is devoid of Him, yet He is not confined by [human] beholding. He is neither divided nor partitioned, and He is subject to neither addition nor subtraction."
And he [the Sheikh] cited the [erroneous] claim of Abu Dhuhayba regarding the Image: that it is "produced" (Maf’ula) and "contingent" (Muhdatha).
Regarding the claim [of Abu Dhuhayba] that the Image is "produced" (Maf’ula) by its Meaning 1 , he [Abu Sa’id] said: "His statement is a self-indictment and a confession against himself; a proof