and that names and attributes are mere signs pointing to the reality of the Essence. This is plain to see for anyone who reflects deeply and frees his intellect from his passions."

[87] And he said: Our Master Al-Hasan, His glory is mighty, used to say in his supplication: "O You of many faces, guide him who seeks You."

Its meaning is: O You of many attributes, from all directions, in all languages.

[88] And Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, said: "Indeed, the Meaning—exalted are His bounties—is the Manifest among the nations, the Guardian over them, the Judge among them in the far ends of their lands and the middles thereof, and the Speaker among them, so that no face among the faces remains except that it is a proof through Him against them. And indeed, the prophets are beneath Him, and the angels are beneath Him, and for each is a guidance; yet they are not the actors of that, rather He is the Actor through their hands and the Speaker upon their tongues. And indeed, [His] power is not borrowed. And indeed, the ultimate end in the gnosis of Allah is that you believe in Him from the aspect of what He spoke; and indeed, the ultimate end of blasphemy against Him, denial of Him,