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

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Thus, if we multiply three by itself, the product of the multiplication is nine, which is the ultimate limit of the rank of ones. Likewise, if we multiply three by three from the rank of tens, the product of the multiplication is ninety, which is the ultimate limit of the rank of tens. Likewise, if we multiply three by three from the rank of hundreds, the product of the multiplication is nine hundred, which is the ultimate limit of the rank of hundreds. Thus, it is established that the three is the ultimate limit of every limit and the end of every end of number. [Likewise, the three—which comprises the entirety of the reality of the Name: Alif, Sin, Mim [A-S-M], who is the Unitary—is the ultimate limit of every limit and the end of every end] 1 , and from him multiplication became necessary.

Likewise, we shall also clarify what we have mentioned by way of geometry, so we say: Indeed, the point (al-nuqtah) is a single thing; it is that which has no parts, and it is like the One (al-Ahad), since the One is indivisible. That which is indivisible has no boundary.

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1It does not exist in other manuscripts.
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