know—perhaps Allah indwells it.’ They inclined toward casting aside the revealed laws and claimed that no obligation rests upon a person, nor is any act of worship required of him, once he has reached the object of his worship.”
He said(1): “Among the extremists are those who claim(2) that the Holy Spirit is God: it was(3) in the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—then in ʿAlī, then in al-Hasan, then in al-Husayn, then in ʿAlī ibn al-Husayn, then in Muhammad ibn ʿAlī, then in Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad, then in Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar, then in ʿAlī ibn Mūsā ibn Jaʿfar, (4 then in Muhammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā 4)(4), [then in ʿAlī ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā](5), then in al-Hasan ibn [ʿAlī](6) ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAlī, and then in Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muhammad.”
He said: “In their view, these are gods(7), each one of them being a god through transmigration, and the deity, according to them, enters bodily vessels.” These people belong to the Twelver Imāmiyya(8).
He said(9): “Among the extremists is a group(10) who claim that ʿAlī is Allah and deny