I said: "The relation of place means the station (al-maqam) from which He speaks and the manifestation (al-zuhur) by which He manifests to His creation."

Clarification: Indeed, the Originator (al-Bari'), the Almighty, when He manifests to His creation, the seer sees Him in a form like his form, and an appearance like his appearance, and a naming like his naming. And there is seen for Him absence, presence, and transition. Yet He - majestic is his praise - in reality has not ceased from His entity (kiyanih), and change, conceptualization, and transition have not occurred to Him. And neither place nor time has encompassed Him. Rather, all of that is only occurring and taking place in the looker, not the looked-upon. He, Glorified be He, turns the hearts and the sights.

So their owners witness from Him what they witness of attributes, appearances, and changes, while He is exalted above all of that. He differs from His creation by eternity and essence, and resembles them in attribute and manifestation. And He, in His essence, is neither described, nor limited, nor looked upon. Whoever knows Him knows Him by His subduing power, since the established power indicates the Capable (al-Qadir), and the form differs due to the difference in the nature of the looker.

And from it, the Scholar (al-Alim) - exalted is his might - said: "So for the unknown there are attributes.