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Epistle on Negation and Affirmation in the Gnosis of the Essence - Sulayman Abd Allah Ali Dahr Matar

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We hold the doctrine and recognition that the seven essential manifestations are fundamentally One; because no matter how much the manifestations multiply, the Essence remains One and unmultiplied, and the existing, manifest Form visible in the earth and in the heaven is a single Form and a single Essence in objective reality and substance (al-jawhar), not in physical shape and outward appearance (al-shakl wa-l-manẓar).

Furthermore, pointing toward the visible Form manifest in the earth and in the heaven is impermissible except following proper monotheistic unification, the declaration of transcendence, and the negation of everything that the fleshy eyes (al-a‘yun al-laḥmiyyah) perceive within that visible form regarding sensory organs and human conditions—alongside the absolute affirmation of the Lordly miracles and Divine powers that appeared from it.

Consequently, the pointing becomes directed toward the Possessor of that Power, because wherever the Power is manifested, there is the Great Powerful Entity—which is the Essence of our Master, the Prince of the Faithful, the High, the Great, glorified is his glory.

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