He manifested for them the Name to veil them by it from beholding the Light of Divinity, lest the Light consume them. Then He created the Intellect (al-'Aql) for them to teach them their rituals and their obedience to their Creator, and to restrain them from sins—and it is the Greatest Name. Then He brought them forth [from] ¹ potentiality into actuality, and placed [with them]² the faculty of capacity, which consists of the instruments of sight, hearing, intellect, and speech through His grace upon them.

Then He established His Name and His self. When these four words attained completion, He established through them four outward letters and four inward letters: the outward is Mu-ham-mad and the inward is Al-lah. Thus, they were completed as twelve letters, [and at that point] ³ the true reality of La ilaha illa Allah (There is no god but God) was recognized. He designated [His Name] ⁴ as Allah and named Himself [by it for them] ⁵ , making it forbidden for them to name themselves by it. He is Allah,