Related: "That Allah — Exalted Glory — manifested him from His light, called him the Intellect (al-'Aql), and the light of Allah is connected to him, not separated."

And you related: "That Allah — Exalted Glory — when He created Adam and breathed into him of His spirit, Adam raised his head upward and saw ghosts of light. He called out to his Lord, knowing that He was before generation and corruption, saying: 'O Lord, did You create a creation before me?' He said: 'No.' He asked: 'Then what are these ghosts?' So, He made their names known to him, and through them was his repentance to Allah his Lord."

And you related: "That Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — met Abu Bakr in the mosque of the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — after his seizure of Fadak and al-'Awali and his debate with Fatima — Exalted Glory —. He said to him: 'Woe to you, O Abu Bakr! Is this what the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — enjoined upon you regarding his family?' Abu Bakr said: 'The Messenger of Allah has died.' Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — said: 'You lied, woe to you! Indeed, the Messenger of Allah did not die, and if you choose, I shall show him to you.' Abu Bakr said: 'I have chosen that.' So Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — took him by the hand and came to the prayer niche of the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — and behold, he was in it, saying: «Indeed, those who invent falsehood against Allah will not succeed». Then the Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — said to him: 'Woe to you, O Abu Bakr! You broke my covenant, substituted my Sharia, changed my Sunnah, and wronged my daughter.' Abu Bakr said to him: 'I ask for excuse, O Messenger of Allah.' The Messenger of Allah — Exalted Glory — said to him: 'If you surrender the matter to the one more worthy of it than you, you shall be excused.'" He [the narrator] said: "So he went out, resolved to gather the people, ascend the pulpit, depose himself, and surrender the matter to 'Ali — Exalted Glory —. Then Umar ibn al-Khattab—may Allah curse him—