For if this was Moses—His name and His veil derived from the light of His essence—who did not remain firm before seeing Him in perfection except according to the measure he deserved to look upon Him; likewise it is not permissible for any of His creation to see Him in the form of His perfection.

So how excellent is this witness and how firm is the proof within it against whoever says: indeed the Creator in His hiddenness and His manifestation is the same.

[[The Testimony of al-Khaṣībī and the Reality of the Visualized Form]]

And know, realize, and understand that whoever says: "Indeed the Meaning [al-Ma‘nā], through His manifestation in the visible luminous or human form, is described, recognized, measured, and perceived—and that He has a color, and appears and disappears, changes and ceases, and that He is in a place, and has movement, transmission, and alteration from one state to another state, form, and example"—has not erred in his statement if he is cognizant of His transcendence [tanzīh]. Yet, if he does not deem Him transcendent above what he witnessed of Him, then he has confined Him and perceived Him,