His honorific patronymics (kunya) were: Abu al-Qasim and Abu Ja'far, and it is related that he held the patronymics of the eleven Imams from among his ancestors. [Al-Muhsin ibn Ali] 1 , his uncle, majestic is their glory, [is included] because he is the [locus] 2 of names, attributes, and descriptions. His titles, majestic is his glory, are: al-Mahdi, al-Khalaf (the Successor), al-Muntaqim (the Avenger), al-Karrar (the Returning Attacker), the Master of the Radiant Return (Sahib al-Raj'ah al-Bayda'), [and of the Resplendent Recurrence] 3 , al-Qabid (the Constrictor), al-Basit (the Expander), the Hour, the Resurrection, the Inheritor, the Breaker, the Mender 4 , the Utmost Lote-Tree (Sidrat al-Muntaha), the Ultimate Objective, the Greatest End, the Goal of the Seekers, the Deliverance of the Believers, the Desire of the Patient ones, [the One Endowed with what he knows] 5 , the Unveiler of the Secret, the Requiter of Deeds, the One for whom God has not made any namesake—meaning a likeness—before, the Beast of the Earth (Dabbat al-Ard), the Greatest Banner,
1In some manuscripts: al-Hasan... but al-Hasan is not his uncle; rather, he is his father, whereas al-Muhsin is the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, majestic is their glory.
2This word is absent in some manuscripts.
3In another manuscript: and of the Resplendent State (wa-al-dawlah al-zahra').
4In another manuscript: and the Commander
5In another manuscript: the one endowed with what is not known (al-mahbuwwu bi-ma lam yu'lam).