Instead, he rendered Him exactly as he saw Him: possessing a head, a hand, a leg, and physical anatomy. What benefit is there in this declaration of transcendence if he invalidates the very humanity his eye witnessed, only to then claim: ["It is a luminous form"] 1 ? Rather, when forced to negate humanity and what the physical eyes witnessed, it was incumbent upon him to establish Him as Unique, without [composition or restriction] 2 , and without being a light, since he bore witness to the opposite of what was visually perceived. He ought to have declared His transcendence as is properly due, rather than establishing Him as a human. For by establishing Him as a human, he merely affirmed his visual perception. Had he contemplated this, the path of Truth would have become clear to him; but his confusion, tyranny, and arrogance are what blinded his insight, just as God the Exalted said: "Thus does God seal over every heart of an arrogant tyrant." 3
1In another manuscript: He is light (huwa nur).
2In another manuscript: compositions or restrictions (tarakiba wa-la hududan).
3Surah Ghafir – Verse 35.




