"O so-and-so, do not associate anything with what you see." The man said: "I seek refuge in God from associating anything with Him."

Then Al-Sadiq, may His might be glorified, said to him: "Indeed, that which you see in the heavens is that which you see on the earth."

The man said: "I bear witness that you are He, my Master."

Then he said: "May God have mercy on you. Conceal this and do not speak of it to anyone but its people, lest God make you taste the bitterness of hot iron."

[17] From Muhammad ibn Sadaqa, from Mundhir ibn Yazid, from Al-Mufaddal, peace be upon him, from Al-Sadiq, may His might be glorified, who said:

"It is a characteristic of the wise one that he does not worship except a manifest existence, for one who is absent and not seen is likely to be nothing. Indeed, when the Almighty created creation, He called them to His Oneness, then He appeared among them, moving within what they move within.