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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

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

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Its meaning is correct, for the Creator in His own Essence is neither a body nor a form; thus, you have agreed with my intended meaning through what you yourself uttered, which God has turned into a proof against you. It then became incumbent upon you to believe me [and follow me] 1 . And [that] 2 was my very intent and statement. Therefore, there is [no dispute] 3 between me and you except for your excessive slander and your unjust judgment.

And when you stated in your book: "The weak individual, who possesses no [actual experience] 4 or proficiency in knowledge, mistakenly imagines that anything of these 'Three Fives' applies to the Meaning just as it applies to created beings."

This is a refutation of your own disciple Rabi'ah, the master of deceit and deception! And you are bound to follow my statement and believe me, because I preceded you in establishing that.

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: and follow my command
2This word is absent in some manuscripts.
3In another manuscript: nothing differed
4In another manuscript: inkwell / written record
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