The sixth Shi’ite Imam...

The sixth Shi’ite Imam, Ja’far al-Sadiq, according to a tradition which is quoted by al-Kulayni in the book al-Kafi, has deduced this stage from the following verse of the Holy Quran: “Say (unto mankind): Cry unto Allah, or cry unto the Beneficent, unto whatsoever ye cry (it is the same) . He is the most beautiful names.”(1) However, since further elucidation of this doctrine would mean that we must enter a philosophical discussion which is not in keeping with the nature of the…