because they hold that God does not utter except through a human form, and it is by this utterance that [they bear witness] 1 . Furthermore, they believe that this utterance transfers from Imam to Imam, while the form itself perishes [and another is established] 2 ."
THE REALITY OF THE ONE DECLARING "I AM I" UPON THE PULPITS
...And likewise is your statement, O Sheikh: "The manifest aspect is the limit of what [we seek] 3 and the ultimate goal of what [we intend] 4 , and there is no pathway toward the Unseen."
[66] Yet our Master al-Sadiq, majestic is his glory, stated: "The Possessor of power is God by His own Essence, whereas the form is conceptually appended to His creation, just [as] 5 power is attributed to Him—and the Possessor of power has no form."