And the like of it he presented in his answer to Ibn Shu'bah al-Harrani, and it is his saying: And I say without concealment, and I seek refuge in Allah from addition and deficiency: if the absence is an eternity, then the manifestation is entirely a creation, except His manifestation in the Anza'iyyah only, for in it the Lord manifested in eternity.

And he clarified, may Allah honor his station: that everything upon which the name of manifestation and clarification occurred from among the rest of the persons and forms is created, except the Anza'iyyah form.

And he was, at his saying: if the absence is an eternity then the manifestation is entirely a creation, had doubted and did not understand the rest of the answer by his saying: except His manifestation in the Anza'iyyah, so he singled it out from creation.

And he said, may Allah honor his station, in his answer to Ibn Shu'bah regarding the ninth question where he asked him and said: Inform me, what would be the answer of one who said that the Name is created, and his saying was a truth?

The answer, and by Allah is success: This is what I have never explained at all,