Two hundred and eighty-nine and seventy-nine, and since the ranks are four and there is no more, and each rank requires endless matters of science, secrets, and conditions, the first rank is faith, the second is guardianship, the third is prophecy, and the fourth is a message, and the message and prophecy, even if they are cut off in this nation by virtue of legislation, then the inheritance is not cut off from them, and among them are those who inherit. Prophethood, and among them are those who inherit a message and prophecy together. And since we have mentioned what belongs to this far-reaching Imam, let us mention what belongs to the lowest Imam, who is Abd al-Malik, so we say, “And God speaks the truth and He guides the way.” This Imam, in terms of his spirituality, has ninety wings, meaning a wing from which he spread out and flew with it wherever he wanted, and his beginning and end were in The second rank has no standing in the rest of the three ranks. He has no stations, d