as long as a veil does not veil it or an accident of the accidents does not prevent it the five which are the opposing veil for the servant from his intellect, and they are: passion, doubt, lust, arrogance, and stupidity.

[58] And the Scholar, His glory is mighty, was asked about the intellect, so he said: Nothing has ever contained it such that its measure would be known by it, nor has it become complete in a place such that its quantity would be restricted; rather, everyone takes from it according to his purity and his listening to it, just as every animal takes from the air that it breathes according to its strength, in proportion to its capacity, so the atom takes from it according to its strength, and the elephant takes from it according to its strength.

[59] And He, His glory is mighty, was also asked about the where-ness of the intellect, so he said: It is in everything, and there is nothing outside of it, for its origin is from a light that is not extinguished, a source that does not perish, and an element that cannot be counted, for even if it is in whoever is low, it is in the high, neither dividing nor splitting into parts.

[60] And the Messenger of Allah, His glory is mighty, was asked about the beginning of the intellect,