Arpachshad, Luqman, Elijah, Samuel, Saul, Job, Lamech, Shem, Ya'rub, Ishmael, Qusai, Isaiah, Elisha, Al-Khidr, John [the Baptist], Daniel, Alexander, Hashim, Abd Manaf, Abd al-Muttalib, and Abdallah.

The trustworthy youth, Allah sanctified his face, said: "It is not permissible for the Meaning to cast His essential likeness upon a Name or upon a Gate; rather, He casts His exemplary likeness upon whomever He wills among His servants during the occultation, because it is not His attribute, but rather it is the attribute of His Name. For this reason, it was necessary that He establishes a likeness for the exemplary manifestation, and He does not establish a likeness for the essential manifestation.

Thus, it has been established from the words of Abu Said that the attributes of the Meaning by His Essence—He did not place them upon any of His creatures. So we came to know that the Meaning, in His seven essential manifestations, did not establish a likeness for them, nor did He manifest a prayer over them; rather, His occultations were hidden within the seven manifestations. Have you not seen that the Commander of the Faithful—his occultation was hidden, and no prayer was manifested over him, nor did He establish a station for him,