Rather, we say: He is the Unique, the Ancient, without

Limit—Exalted is Ali, the Sublime, the Compeller.

And that Image whose outward is visible

As the 'Bald One' (al-Asla'), the 'Receded One' (al-Anza'), called Haydar;

It is He, in existence and affirmation—I profess faith in it— Yet it is not He, in terms of enumeration or confinement.

He appeared to us in human form in His majesty from

Where we are, and He manifested the Veils as coverings.

He was counted as Seven, and Five, and One, and Unique; He appeared as He willed, through lineages and kinships.

The 'Mim' (Muhammad) is a Name for Him, whose will is absolute;

Through it, He called the creation as an excuse and a warning.

And the 'Sin' (Salman) is a Gate to the 'Mim' which encompasses it,

Announcing the Truth, both openly and in secret."

"A sequence that I am narrating and establishing,

In word, in creed, in report, and in tradition.