and the refutation against them is found throughout all the [books of] 1 the people of Monotheism; they are the Pentadists (al-Mukhammisah). It is not permissible for any of them to be considered a believer or a monotheist. None is named a monotheist except one who declares the oneness of the Commander of the Faithful—the one free of polytheism and filled with esoteric knowledge (al-Anza' al-Batin), the Outward, the Inward, the Hidden, majestic is his glory.
Therefore, whosoever rejects Him, doubts Him, or points toward a created form—such as speech, hearing, sight, a soul, a hand, a foot, above, below, behind, ahead, or any of the human faculties—or imagines that the Meaning, Mighty and Majestic, addresses him from within these physical configurations, is a denier and an infidel, may God curse him along with anyone who holds his doctrine.
Indeed, I have associated with a vast multitude of the proponents of these doctrines, and were we to delve into what we have mentioned regarding them—