[153] Then he said: 'And the souls of the believers possess forms structured like physical bodies; they associate and recognize one another in Paradise, roaming freely wherever they please, and then they retreat to take shelter beneath the shadow of the Throne. So, Glory be to the Agent [al-Fa'il] who accomplishes whatsoever He wills.'

[154] And it is also narrated from our Master, the Commander of the Faithful [Imam Ali]—His glory is mighty—that he said: 'Every created entity of which it can be said, "Were it not for its Creator, it would not exist," is inherently deficient in its own essence [naqis fi dhatihi], requiring completion through an external agent. The soul is comprehensive and its ultimate destiny is structurally linked. Whichever souls belong to the specialized, purified category are directly linked to Muhammad; whereas whichever souls are characterized by darkness are directly linked to Iblis—and those return to their own [base] nature.'

And Sheikh Hatim al-Jadili said in the Book of Divestment [Kitab al-Tajrid]: 'The soul is a created,