So Yusuf declared it and pointed to He His essence.

And the report which he narrated in his epistle from Abu Hashim when he looked at a son of Hababah al-Walibiyyah and his form had differed to him and Abu Hashim loved her.

And his saying: Indeed Allah created you from Himself, and manifested in you by His essence, and addressed you openly, and did not make a proof against you.

And he passed by the saying until he reached with the saying to his saying: Indeed Allah, when He wants to veil creation from His essence, and the world from His core, He did not leave them neglected, but rather He tests them by the people of stations and ranks.

And from what was narrated by the trustworthy Sheikh Abu al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with him, in his epistle known as "The Tearing and the Providing" and the question of the Scholar, upon his mention be peace, concerning the Meaning, does He have essential and likeness manifestations?

So the Scholar said: "Hush, all manifestations of the Meaning are by the essence, not by likenesses and attributes."

And the likenesses and the attributes: all of them are Muhammadan, and the Eternal did not manifest in a certain cycle,