his domain is strictly confined to the foul, material sediment [al-marjah al-qadhirah] actualized by physical element-bound bodies, and he can never expand beyond that baseline.

For it has been transmitted as a Sufi axiom: 'The deity of every human being is their own internal Faith, and their Iblis is their own bodily temperament.'

And Shaykh Ibrahim Abd al-Latif stated in his Commentary on the Diwan of Our Master the Shaykh—may Allah illuminate his face: 'Thus, the "Disbeliever" [al-Kafir] is a designation for one who possesses absolutely no faith. If he deceptively displays faith while harboring its opposite, he is a "Hypocrite" [al-Munafiq]. If he openly displays disbelief after having previously attained faith, he is a "Vacillator" [al-Mutaraddid]. If he professes a plurality or partnership in Divinity, he is a "Polytheist" [al-Mushrik]. If he adheres to one of the superseded religions and abrogated scriptures, he is a "Scripturist" [al-Kitabi]. If he subscribes to the pre-eternity of time and attributes all cosmic events directly to it, he is a "Materialist-Timeist" [al-Dahri]. If he completely fails to affirm the existence of the Creator, he is a "Nullifier" [al-Mu'attil].