and a distance from the reality and from knowing the intent of Allah in the verses of His Holy Book.

For this reason, it is obligatory upon every rational person, if they wish to know the interpretation of any verse from the Book of Allah, to refer to the interpretation of the Imams, glorified is their glory, and to adopt it alone and none other. Through this, one is secured against stumbling and deviation, and avoids destruction and misguidance.

Based upon what has preceded, if we return to the verses in which mention is made of the attributes of Allah—such as the hand, the eye, the soul, and others—and examine the interpretation given to them by the People of Infallibility, we would find that they, glorified is their glory, have established for them an interpretation far removed from the literal, outward concept, just as in the rest of the Qur'anic verses. For they have laid down an interpretation for all the verses of the Qur'an, and were it not for them, we would not have known anything of the meanings of the Qur'an or the intent of Allah, glorified is He, therein.