not fitting for the Prophesier, it is a defect in the eyes of the onlookers, for incapacity is fitting for us and returns to us.

This is supported by what was narrated in the Book of the Image and the Likeness from al-Sadiq—peace be upon him—where he says: "Whatever we have said to you regarding Allah is [meant] regarding us, and whatever we have said regarding us is [meant] regarding you."

Among what indicates what was mentioned in the Torah regarding the glorification of the Sabbath day and its equivalence is what our Sheikh—may Allah sanctify his person—mentioned in his epistle:

"The Seventh Existence is greater, more majestic, and larger than all the six existences, the Kingdom, and those within it... It is the First in their beginning and the Last in their end, because it is the Master of the cycles and manifestations, and it is the Greatest Name..." until his saying: "And it is that which is named the Intellect."

And he—may Allah sanctify his person—mentioned that the First Existence is the Luminous Existence, which is Salman.

Then he mentioned after it the Second Existence, the Substantial, which is al-Miqdad. The Third Existence, the Aerial, which is Abu al-Dharr. The Fourth Existence, the Aqueous, which is Abdullah bin Rawaha. The Fifth Existence, the Fiery, which is Uthman bin Maz'un. The Sixth Existence, the Terrestrial, which is Qanbar. Then he