Furthermore, if it were permissible for us to believe in and profess as religion that which they established and manifested upon themselves—such as the exoteric laws—it would then be permissible for us to believe in and profess as religion that which they established and manifested upon themselves regarding eating, drinking, marriage, and death, and so forth.

Whoever believes [that these physical acts are their true reality] is inevitably mistaken; for the Descent (al-Hubut) which occurred in the First Pre-existence (al-Dharru al-Awwal), as informed by the People of Monotheism (Ahl al-Tawhid). Based on their reliance upon His Almighty’s sayings in His Mighty Book, [the Descent] was due to the inclination toward the disbelievers—whom He created from their [the believers'] sins—and the inclination toward their [the disbelievers'] sciences and corrupt creeds, and associating with them after their Master had forbidden them from that; and the hadiths regarding this are famous. This prohibition, inclination, descent, and the disclosure of esoteric secrets to them have not ceased to exist up until our present time.