up to his saying: "Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, said to the questioner: 'And as for me, my reference for establishing these letters is not an Alif, a Lam, and a Ha, nor a Ra, nor a Ba; rather, I refer to the meaning of a single entity, the Creator of all things and their Maker.'"

[92] And from the "Egyptian Treatise" [Al-Risalah al-Misriyyah]: It was narrated from Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju'fi that he said: I asked my Master Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, concerning Monotheism [Al-Tawhid], and he said: "His manifestation is His existence, His existence is His ocular witnessing, His ocular witnessing is His monotheism, His monotheism is the negation of attributes from Him, and the negation of attributes from Him is a distinctness [mubayanah] from His creation, due to the testimony of the attribute and the described to Him. Thus, the attribute is the Name, and the described is the Gate, and they both bear witness to the Meaning that He is their Lord, their Originator, and their Creator, and that they are two servants to Him."

[93] And from the "Book of Absolute Detachment" [Kitab al-Tajrid]: The Master Abu Shu'ayb, peace be upon him, said in the "Book of Al-Kafi": A man from his followers came to our Master Al-Hasan, Master of the Military Garrison [Al-Askari],