I am the One who sends down the Verses and the Book. To Me the extremist (al-Ghali) returns, and with Me the follower (al-Tali) catches up.

I am the Light, and from Me is the Light. Indeed, the one of us who has died has not died, and the one of us who is slain has not been slain. I am forever new; I never grow old.

[192] And from ‘Abdullah al-Armani, from ‘Ali ibn Hasakah, from Ibn Sinan (peace be upon him), who said: al-Sadiq—may His Might be exalted—said:

"Indeed, I know the speech of birds, the elucidation of discourse, and the compendiums of wisdom. I have ascended through the means (al-Asbab), subjected the clouds for My Friends (Awliya'), and taught them the inner interpretation (Ta’wil) of the Book. Thus, for any seeker, there is no objective beyond Me."

[193] Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Halabi narrated to me, by his chain of transmission, from Mu’awiya ibn ‘Ammar, from ‘Annab, from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Mihran, from Asad ibn Isma’il, from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar, from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju’fi (peace be upon them both), tracing it back, he said: