And we, our matter is as our master al-Sadiq—His might was mighty—said, that our matter is heavy, deemed heavy, none bears it except every nearby angel or a sent prophet or a believer whose heart Allah has tested with knowledge and faith, with the indication that the meaning of the destruction of the extremist from another perspective and a second expression is his death in the love and allegiance of his master and his self-extinction in his obedience and worship, Allah granted us success for firmness upon this correct belief and made it established in our hearts, not temporary, and reassured us for the acceptance of this matter deemed difficult which none bears except trustworthy chests and grave hearts, indeed, He is the Guide to the path of rectitude.
❖ Concerning The Esoteric (Al-Batin)❖
The people of The Exoteric (Al-Zahir) said that there is no inward in religion and no ambiguity in it absolutely, and they defamed whoever believes [and holds] that, and they mentioned that the Messenger—His might was mighty—did not leave anything of the matters of religion except that he clarified it, and that the Sharia came clear and apparent, and it escaped them that that around which the clarification and explaining revolved is what the organization of the worldly life depends upon of legislation, acts of worship, transactions, and their like, and if the matter were as they say, why then did these essential differences occur among the scholars of the Muslims until the Islamic nation separated into seventy-three sects? Among them are those who said [and believed] in the vision of Allah, and among them are those who said [and believed] in its non-existence, and among them are those who believed in anthropomorphism, and others in indwelling, and some of them claimed that good and evil are from Allah, and the others said that both of them are from the servant, to the end of what is there of conflict in opinions and contradiction in beliefs, and if we were to ask them:




