[104] Al-Sadiq, His glory is mighty, said: "The devotee [Al-Wali] brings forth power, and Allah brings it forth; except that Allah brings forth whatever He wills, whereas the devotee transforms a thing into another thing, and brings forth a thing from a thing, while Allah brings forth a thing from nothing. This demonstrates that the power is delegated by the command of the Meaning [Al-Ma'na] to the Name [Al-Ism], and the Name extends sustenance to its Gate [Bab]. The total, universal Power is a creator, not created; it is the attribute of action which is active, not acted upon, and to it the gnostic points. It is manifest from the Meaning by its own Essence, and beyond this there is no objective for the seeker. It is the hidden, treasured secret, and the unseen that cannot be comprehended. Thus, when this power manifests from the sign—which is the stopping point of the believer and his opacity—it belongs to the Meaning by its own Essence. And the Meaning is not pointed to by any of the human attributes after the manifestation of this action and power; and upon whoever sets an ultimate goal beyond this be the curse of Allah and His disgrace."

[105] And Hamza ibn Shu'ba said in the "Book of the Proof of the Gnostic" [Kitab Hujjat al-'Arif]: Al-Sadiq,