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

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that Allah established over him so that he might be condemned by his own words. After acknowledging the Visible Image as having a Meaningful (Ma’nawiyya), Divinity (Lahutiyya), Luminous, and Absolute (Ahadiyya) nature, he then subjected it to human attributes, claiming it is 'produced' and has a 'producer' (Fa’il)."

"For that which is produced, manufactured, innovated, or originated—and all such descriptions—is [by definition] created (Makhluq); these terms are merely linguistic refinements."

"Thus, his saying that it is 'produced' means it is 'created,' for the producer of a thing is its creator. Our Sheikh [al-Khasibi]—peace be upon him—clarified in his treatise that which contradicts, refutes, diverges from, and nullifies this claim, namely his statement: 'If someone asks us: What is the proof of His appearance in a visible image? We say to him: Had He not appeared in the visible image, His existence would not have been established, nor would His beholding or the certainty of Him have been valid.'"

As stated by Sheikh Ahmad Haydar: "If the Name proceeds from the Image, then the Name is [derived] from something more Ancient than it.

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