meanings (Ma'ani), and phantoms/silhouettes (Ashbah), pointing to lights and darknesses from the sects deviating from the path of truth..."

And it was also narrated in the book Al-Surah wa al-Mithal [The Form and the Example] by the Master Abu Shu'ayb Muhammad bin Nusayr, prayers of God be upon him, from the Master al-Sadiq, from him is mercy, that he said:

"Everything that God has made lawful (Ahallahu) and prohibited (Harramahu) is the recognition (Ma'rifah) of persons whom God has obligated the servant to recognize and follow, and persons He commanded to avoid. For indeed, God is too noble to place His obligations (Fara'id), His commands, His prohibitions, and His laws (Shara'i') in a private part, a passage of urine, flesh, and the eating of bread that turns into excrement and filth."