The Reason for the Epistle and the Beginning of the Discussion

Indeed, the reason for this epistle, and the evidences and the proof, for the correctness of the statement and the distancing from misguidance; for we have written what we knew, and we disclosed and did not conceal; lest we be as Allah, [‘Azza wa-Jalla], said: {Indeed, those who conceal what We sent down of clear proofs and guidance after We made it clear for the people in the Book - those are cursed by Allah and cursed by those who curse}.

And the reason for that, is that when the meeting was—we and you—in the city of Antioch, and the discussion took place between us, and we delved into something of the hidden sciences of Allah and the core secret of Allah, and our speech reached the transcendence of the Creator—His mention is exalted and His status is majestic—so from our speech that we spoke was:

"Indeed, the Meaning [al-Ma‘nā], He is exalted, is transcendent above names, attributes, and forms, and He is transcendent above the two forms: the human and the luminous, and indeed in His hiddenness no name of any of the things applies to Him, nor does He have an attribute, a form, a color, a likeness,