taking form for His servants within their belief, that would suffice. For one who considers God creates within himself, through his consideration, what he believes. He has worshipped only a god he created through his consideration, to whom he said, “Be!” and it was.
This is why we command people to worship the God whom the Messenger brought and of whom the Book speaks. When you worship that God, you worship what you have not created; rather, you worship your Creator, giving worship its right in full. Knowledge of God can be knowledge only through following authority; it is impossible for it to come through proof. This is why we have been forbidden to reflect upon God’s Essence, while we have not been forbidden—rather, we have been commanded—to reserve the rank for Him alone. There is no god but He. ﴿God speaks the truth, and He guides the way﴾ [The Confederates 33:4].
Chapter Five Hundred and Five: On Knowing the State of a Pole Whose Abode Was ﴿Be patient for your Lord’s ruling, for you are under Our eyes﴾ [The Mount 52:48]. Among our companions, Muḥammad al-Marrākushī in Marrakesh possessed this state.
The heart of existence is none other than my existence;
Likewise, in witnessing, it is my very witnessing.
