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

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whereas between the Name and the Meaning there is no difference and no separation, like the light of the sun from its disc."

CLARIFICATION THAT THE LIGHT OF THE ESSENCE IS THE NAME

So this is the likeness of the invention of the Name from the Meaning, and it is the light of the Essence, the inward reality of Muhammad, His glory is magnificent, which is the invented inward Attribute—which is neither a creator by virtue of its own essence, nor created by the creation of origination. It is the light of the Essence and the reality of the inward aspect of the Name, while the Essence is the Meaning by His very self. The unperceivable Unseen is His knowledge and His power, just as we mentioned initially, not as the ignorant person claims that the light of the Essence is the Anza'i form. I have associated with many peoples among the authors of these doctrines, and this is impermissible according to me, nor do I believe it.

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