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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

Epistle of Nasih al-Dawlah - Jaysh bin Muhammad bin Mahraz

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This is the correct, true reading; rather, it was altered and substituted, and read as: {And He is the One who in the heaven is a deity, and on the earth a deity."} 1

And al-Mufaddal narrated that he said: I heard our master al-Sadiq, majestic is His mention, saying to the people of the earth: Our deity in the heaven manifested to the people of heaven in light-nature, and manifested to the people of the earth in human-nature, so His appearance in this Muhammadan dome was as an anz'a bateen to establish the proof against the creation so they would not say: "We were called to one whom we did not see, and there appeared to us one whom we do not recognize," and this is the essence of justice 2 .

And al-Sadiq, majestic is His mention, said: "Whoever worships a non-existent thing is referred to a non-existent thing, and whoever worships one whom he does not recognize,

Footnotes

1Surah al-Zukhruf - Verse 84
2From al-Mufaddal, peace be upon him, that he said: I heard my master al-Sadiq, mighty is his glory, saying: "Indeed, the people of heaven say: 'Our deity is on the earth,' just as the people of the earth say: 'Our deity is in the heaven.' So He manifested to the people of heaven in light-nature and manifested to the people of the earth in human-nature, and His appearance in the Muhammadan dome was as an anz'a bateen to establish the proof against the creation so they would not say: 'He called us to what we do not see, and He appeared to us in what you do not recognize,' and this is the essence of justice." Source: Al-Risalah al-Murshidah.
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