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21 – Thus we believe that Allah—majestic and exalted—acts with absolute power, bringing creation into being and carrying it through according to the decree of His will;
22 – we affirm all of this for our Lord, and we likewise affirm every wisdom contained therein;
23 – this is a station where the foremost seekers who ventured to probe it (1) have long confessed their incapacity, retreating time and again in bewilderment.
(1) Manuscript A reads: baghuhu.
٢١- فنؤمنُ أن الله عزَّ بقدرةٍ ... وخلقٍ وإبرامٍ لحكم المشيئةِ
٢٢- فنثبت هذا كلَّه لإلهنا ... ونثبت ما في ذاك من كل حكمةِ
٢٣- وهذا مقام طالما عجز الأُلى ... نفوه (١) وكروا راجعين بحيرةِ
(١) في أ: بغوه.