It is not obtained by acquisition

through the senses

and rational proof,

and dreams, inspiration,

and the likes of these material means

or spiritual ones,

or establishing the cure of the sick person,

or establishing a curse upon a person

or wrath upon him

such that as a result of this curse and wrath

he becomes non-existent, sick, or wretched,

or mercy for a person and pleasure with him

such that he turns because of this mercy and pleasure

wealthy, healthy, cured, and happy.

And these polytheists do not recognize alongside God - the Most High - a partner

in the creation of substances (meaning the foundations of matter)

and the management of great affairs,

and they acknowledge that no one has power

if God - the Most High - decrees a thing and judges it

to resist Him and stand before it.

Rather, their polytheism is in matters specific to some of the servants,

since they think that a great sultan

among the great sultans,

just as he sends his servants and close companions

near him to some regions of his kingdom

to undertake some particular affairs,

and makes them act freely in them

until another decision is issued by him

by their choice and their authority,

and that he does not undertake the affairs of the subjects

and their particular matters himself,

rather he entrusts that to the governors and rulers,

and he accepts from them their intercession and recommendation

for the employees who work under their supervision,

and those connected to them and seeking closeness to them.

Likewise, the King of kings

absolute - Exalted is His status -

upon some of His close servants

the robe of divinity,

and made their wrath and pleasure influential in His other servants.