the Anza' (stripped) of attributes—is a form with a hand of light, a leg of light, a body, a right, a left, an above, and a below, and that it is a form of light, and that to you it is the light of the Essence; and there is no doubt that you hold this doctrine.

And another faction claimed: that three lights gushed forth from the Essence, one from another—a shadow, a radiance, and a light—and it established for them three persons: the first is Ali, the second is Muhammad, and the third is Salman. This is the indication of whoever acknowledges the outward of the seen person, who is Ali ibn Abi Talib, His glory is magnificent, and denies the unperceivable Unseen, saying: "There is no attainment to it," and making the three one and a single form.

THE THOUGHT OF "AL-HATIMIYYAH" AND THE CONCORDANCE OF MOSES WITH THEM

And likewise, this faction known as al-Hatimiyyah believed that Ali is a created human person, and that the speaker from within him is the holy soul (al-nafs al-qudsiyyah), which is the Greatest Name [and the light of the Essence, and the light is connected to God,