And Ibrahim Mustafa said in his treatise "The Observation of Reflections" [Malhadat al-Afkar]: Al-Junayd was asked about monotheism [Al-Tawhid]?

He said: "It is absolute certainty [Al-Yaqin]."

The questioner said: "Clarify for me, what is it?"

He said: "Your knowledge that the stillness of creation and their movements are by His decree and His destiny."

He said to him: "Gather the entirety of monotheism [Al-Tawhid] for me in a single word."

He said: "Everything that illusions can depict and intellects can comprehend, the Meaning [Al-Ma'na] is completely contrary to it. For He—the Most High—is magnified far above what the senses can condition, and is too great to be judged by analogical comparison. Neither illusion nor imagination can depict Him, nor can any physical thing or likeness resemble Him. No thought can reach Him, and no verbal remembrance can encompass Him; thus, the transmitted report has preceded physical witnessing, and the proof has reinforced the demonstration."

And from the "Book of Admonition" [Kitab al-Tanbih], he said: "Indeed, the Creator—the Most High—is One [Wahid] and Unique [Ahad]; One from the perspective of Name,