[then who would be the Lord and who would be the subject] ¹ ? [And who would be the Eternal and who would be the originated] ² ? This is the exhortation of the people of Monotheism. For the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is magnificent, is the Permanent First and the Sublime, Supreme Last. As for those ³ whom He established, He is entirely independent of them and detached from them, while they are in absolute need of Him; He is their Imam, and they are the Imams for us.' Know that these are the core foundations of the Monotheism of God, the ultimate reality of His recognition through existence, and the true indication toward the Object of Worship. The questioner then asked: 'At what point do I attain this spiritual station?' The respondent replied: 'When there drops away from you, and from your heart, your sight, and all else that is within your heart and your hearing—including what you have heard alleging that the Commander of the Faithful, His glory is magnificent, manifested through it, was seen, circumscribed,