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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

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

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not separated from Him, and it is the Greatest Name] 1 .They believe that the Unseen cannot be attained, known, or named, and they make the holy soul—which the monotheists (al-Muwahhidah) believed to be the inward reality of Muhammad, His glory is magnificent, and which to them is the Greatest Name, the luminous form, and the holy soul—the very entity that spoke from Ali, Muhammad (His glory is magnificent for both), and Salman, peace be upon him, and that they are one and it is the Greatest Name.

To them, Ali, His glory is magnificent, is a created human being, and this holy soul, according to them, speaks from every human Imam placed at the head of a group, and it is the speaker upon the tongue of their Sheikh, Hatim, who is the greatest Imam to them, while they are below him as the people of ranks and degrees and are servants to him. They bear witness to this human form and believe that the Unseen cannot be reached, known, or named.

And there is no difference between you, O Sheikh, and these people,

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1It does not exist in some manuscripts.
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