Similarly is his saying in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live; and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die."

This saying indicates the affirmation of the Inward and the contradiction of the Outward, because he demonstrated death upon himself and those who believed in him [outwardly].

And He—the Almighty—said in Surah Al-An'am, prohibiting belief in the outward sciences and commanding belief in the inward sciences, which are explicitly symbolized by food, wherein He says: {So eat of that [meat] upon which the name of Allah has been mentioned, if you are believers in His verses. And why should you not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has been mentioned while He has explained in detail to you what He has forbidden you, excepting that to which you are compelled by necessity? And indeed, many lead [others] astray through their [own] inclinations without knowledge. Indeed, your Lord—He is most knowing of the transgressors. And leave the outward of sin (Zahir al-Ithm) and its inward (Batinahu). Indeed, those who earn sin will be recompensed for what they used to commit. And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is grave disobedience (fisq). And indeed, the devils inspire their allies to dispute with you; and if you were to obey them, indeed, you would be polytheists.