[55] And Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, was asked about the intellect and what it is, so he said: The intellect is that by which the All-Merciful is known and by which paradises are acquired. The questioner said: And the intellect that was with Muawiyah? He said: That is cunning and devilry, and it is the semblance of intellect, but it is not it.

[56] Al-Baqir, His glory is mighty, was asked about the intellect within creation, so he said: It is from the beam of the light of the Creator, kindled in everyone according to his status with Him, and it is neither separated from the light of the Creator nor divided.

[57] And the Master, the Messenger, His glory is mighty, was asked about the intellect what it is, so he said: It is within the senses like the lamp within the house, it is in one place while its light is in the rest of it; so it is not confined within the body such that it separates from its source, nor is it devoid of the body such that it would be an ambiguous, neglected form; rather, it is like the sun whose light is in all places, neither bewildered nor restricted, as long as its light is not veiled from a place of the earth by a veil, and likewise is the intellect within the intellectual ones,