"Do not associate anything as a partner with the One whom you see." The man replied: "I seek refuge in Allah from associating anything as a partner with Him!" Al-Sadiq, glorified is his glory, said: "Verily, the One whom you see in the heaven is the very One whom you see on the earth." The man then said: "I bear witness that You are He, O my Master!" Whereupon he, glorified is his glory, said to him: "May Allah have mercy upon you! Conceal this, and do not speak of it to other than its worthy people, lest Allah cause you to taste the heat of iron and its coldness."

Naturally, al-Sadiq, glorified is his glory, was at that time the exemplary Essence (al-Ma‘na al-Mithlī). For the foundation of recognition is the recognition of the Prince of the Faithful, glorified is his glory, through which lies salvation, and upon which reliance is placed for deliverance and arriving at the Gardens. Indeed, the foundation of monotheism and transcendence (al-tawḥīd wa-l-tanzīh) is the monotheism of the Prince of the Faithful and the declaration of transcendence for the Prince of the Faithful, glorified is his glory.

The author of the book Al-Tajrīd stated: