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The Raddadiyah Epistle - Yusuf ibn al-Ajuz al-Raddad al-Ḥalabi

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Furthermore, when the Meaning wills the occultation through an apparent slaying or death, He originates within the eyes of the onlookers a form resembling a corpse laid out upon the washing table, matching the likeness of the personage who had been speaking with miracles. Consequently, they behold him afterward as one who has become helpless while upon the washing table. Yet, this projected description [possesses no] 1 reality, belonging neither to the Meaning nor to the Name.

Likewise, when [the Name] 2 wills to honor the Gate, [he manifests through him and speaks from his form; thus, the speaker is] 3 the Name, while the Gate is occulted and the Name is the one speaking from the form of the Gate, from the beginning of the Lineage to its end. [And whatever the Meaning bestowed upon the Name] 4 , the Name bestowed upon his Gate, and the Gate bestowed upon his Orphan (Yatim).

The Meaning, His glory is magnificent, never intermixes with a Name or a Gate.

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: has no
2In another manuscript: the Mim
3In another manuscript: then the description of the Gate and his form remain in place of
4This clause is absent in some manuscripts.
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