and they are lights; and whatever is below that consists of celestial spheres (ajram) and physical bodies (ajsam). There is nothing among the spheres and bodies except that the Intellects and Souls have an emanation (ishraq) over it, and indeed, nothing renders the All-Powerful incapable. They do not deny manifestation through the form, but rather [they do not halt] 1 with the specific person, unlike our doctrine—since their affirmation is negation alongside the [existence] 2 of the Powerful, [whereas our affirmation is positive position alongside the existence] 3 of the Powerful. This is because wherever we see the power, we affirm the Powerful, while the power according to them is an attribute of the Powerful, and their doctrine is the negation of attributes from the Creator. Likewise, our doctrine is the negation of attributes, except that we do not negate the attributes except after affirming the power.
And they believe in four ranks: a Lord (Rabb), an Angel (Malak), a Messenger (Rasul), and an Imam.