And by His saying: 'you are not obligated to recognize that Other,' He intended that it is not upon you to encompass the Pre-Eternal, because it is not within your capacity to recognize it; you are not demanded to do anything except recognize the Form that manifests to the genre like unto the genre."
Thus, the Form that manifested to the genre like unto the genre is the known Boundary (al-ḥadd al-ma‘lūm), and it is that which we are demanded to recognize, acknowledge, and submit to in servitude—following proper transcendence (al-tanzīh) and abstraction (al-tajrīd).
The author of the book Al-Tajrīd, Allah sanctified his secret, stated:
"There is no religion and no doctrine except by affirming the existence of the Creator, majestic is His power—and He is the Prince of the Bees (Amīr al-Naḥl), who neither transitions nor vanishes."
And he, Allah sanctified his secret, also stated:
"Know that every scholar, gnostic, and worshipper is utterly incapable of bypassing the recognition of the Outward manifestation (al-ẓāhir) that has displayed the divine Power."
And he stated as well:




