possessing width and length like his own form, has effectively asserted body (al-jism) and form (al-mithal).'
And you have believed in a form possessing a hand and a foot, and you said that you do not commit to the Unseen, nor do you make it your object of worship!
Reflect then, O you who are blind of insight, how you have [asserted] 1 the body and turned it into an expression of an Unseen that cannot be seen.
Thus, you and the [sects] 2 mentioned belonging to the Zaydiyyah 3 are identical.
The Master Abu 'Abdullah al-Husayn ibn Hamdan al-Khasibi, may God sanctify his soul, said regarding the form: 'It is neither the totality of the Creator, nor is the Creator [other than it] 4 .' He thus simultaneously affirmed and denied; the affirmation served as a proof of existence, while the denial served as an exaltation of the Creator above being contained by a form."