19. Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: `Abd Allah ibn Ja`far al-Himyari said, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority al-I Hasan ibn Mahbub, on the authority of Ya`qub al-Sarraj that I said to Abu `Abd Allah al-Sadiq :

“Some of our scholars think that Allah looks like a human being, while others think that he is beardless and has curly hair.” Abu `Abd Allah fell down in prostration, then raised his head, and said: Glory be Allah who has nothing whatsoever like unto Him! Vision cannot perceive Him, and knowledge cannot encompass Him. He begets not, because the son resembles his father, not is He begotten, so that He could resemble the one before Him. And none is like Him. Exalted is He, the High, and Mighty from such attributions!