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

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[which is] 1 the Action. He is an actor that is never acted upon (fa'il ghayr munfa'il). He possesses a single Name by which none beside Him is named, and [He is not named by any other] 2 —and it is the Mim [Muhammad], majestic is His mention. He possesses a single form through which He does not manifest except by it, and none beside Him manifests through it—and it is the Anza'i form.

Thus, these three are the attribute of [the Name] 3 , and the form is the receptive action that acts (al-fi'l al-munfa'il al-fa'il); it is the reality of the Trinity which constitutes the Name of the One, who is the First Perfection.

And the example of that in calculation is that you multiply one by one, and the product of the multiplication is one; [thus it has returned and did not multiply] 4 within itself, but rather remained one. And you multiply one by two, and the result of the multiplication is two. Likewise, [you multiply] 5 the one by three, and the result of the multiplication is three,

Footnotes

1In another manuscript: it is [feminine] (hiya instead of huwa).
2In another manuscript: another [is named] by it (ghayrahu bihi).
3In other manuscripts: belonging to the Name (lil-ismi).
4In another manuscript: so it did not multiply within itself. (The text between brackets does not exist in some manuscripts).
5In another manuscript: multiply [imperative: idrib].
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