and the like. This is precisely what must be negated, and from which the Originator must be exalted, because this is not a pure essence 1 ; rather, these are merely accidental qualities (a‘rad) entering upon the eyes of creation.
You yourself also negated this in your debate, stating: "When the Originator manifested [in] 2 the three fives, the weak-minded person who possesses no proficiency in knowledge imagined that something of this [human nature] had befallen the Originator." Yet, this very form is what you have made your object of worship, O Sheikh! You abandoned the inward Unseen that can neither be comprehended nor seen, asserting: "There is no pathway to it," and instead you worshipped the outward [which is of the genre of creation] 3 . Thus, you are just as He, the Exalted, said:
"And those who disbelieve—their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one considers to be water until, when he comes to it, he finds it to be nothing but finds God before him, and He will pay him in full his account; and God is swift in account." 4