while the Meaning is the very Essence of the One who brought life into existence. Both power and life are attributes of the Name, and the Name possesses an attribute that is self-subsisting through it. Every name by which the Creator named Himself—whether the Unseen, the Living, or otherwise—is originated [in comparison to Him] 1 , and consists of words and expressions translating from Him, while He is more pre-existent than them, and the Meaning (al-Ma'na) is their God.
Thus, falsehood is spoken by whosoever claims: "The light of the Essence is [the form of the Meaning] , majestic is his glory, and an attribute possessing a hand, a foot, a head, and a body." Rather, the likeness of the Creator's manifestation, majestic is his glory, is like one who kindles a fire; however one looks at the fire, they [find] 2 a shape for it. Similarly, whosoever looks upon the Creator, Mighty and Majestic, finds Him to be nothing but a power that intellects cannot encompass—an absolute, universal Meaning—while the Name, majestic is his glory, exists through Him, points to Him, and calls toward Him. Likewise, the Gates,