As for that which is permitted for use for Action-based and Religious Need: It is like the cubit [measure], weights, ships, the scale, and similar active examples mentioned by Allah the Exalted in the Heavenly Books for the need of them in outward worldly transactions, and to point toward their Inward Meanings which are exemplified by them for the purpose of teaching and discipline, and so on.

Know also that among them are:

Those permitted Verbally, Volitionally, and Creedally.

Those permitted Verbally, but not Creedally or Volitionally.

Those permitted Creedally and Volitionally in the heart, but not Verbally among the Opposites [Adad].

Those not permitted Verbally, Volitionally, nor Creedally.

Those permitted Creedally, Actionably, and Volitionally.

Those not permitted Creedally, Actionably, nor Volitionally.

And I shall clarify for you what is easy to clarify from these aforementioned sayings, which is:

That which is permitted Verbally, Volitionally, and Creedally: It is like the outward Testimony [Shahada], such as your saying "There is no god but Allah," and similar types of glorification [Tahlil], praise [Tahmid], magnifying [Takbir], and sanctification [Tasbih], and the sayings used among the People of the Outward. Also, praising the