treatise: "None was singled out by the Pre-eternal (al-Azal) except Muhammad (peace be upon us from him), for He made him His Name, His Veil, the locus of His attributes, and His 'Place' (Makan). He exists without a 'how' (Kayfiyya) and without encompassment, for none knows his core essence except his Creator. Yet, Muhammad does not encompass anything of his Creator's core essence, nor can any limit reach His [the Creator's] definition. And how could it be otherwise, when he [Muhammad] is the 'Former of the Ultimate Goal'?"

This is based on the saying of the Exalted: {And if whatever trees are on earth were pens and the ocean [were ink], replenished thereafter by seven [more] oceans, the words of Allah would not be exhausted} (Luqman 27). Its meaning is: Indeed, the Greatest Name—referred to by the saying: {And He taught Adam the names, all of them} (Al-Baqarah 31)—encompasses the knowledge of all creatures and all their qualities, just as he encompasses the knowledge of all the names. Yet, no being among them encompasses anything of his [the Name's] knowledge or his quality, except as he wills.

This is confirmed by what our Master Abu Said (may Allah sanctify him) cited in his treatise Al-Murshida from Sheikh Abu Abdallah (may Allah sanctify his person), that the indication with this verse to the Name and to the Meaning. The "Words" in the verse