Then it is the business of the graphic artist to defend himself, that he is ignorant of those who say, “My Lord has understood me,” and he believes that he is better than him and that he is the possessor of knowledge, when he who is among God’s people says, “God has concealed what He intended with this ruling in this verse,” or he says, “I saw the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace.” May God bless him and grant him peace, in my incident, so inform me of the authenticity of this news narrated from him and its ruling according to him. Abu Yazid al-Bistami, may God be pleased with him, said in this matter and its authenticity, addressing the graphics scholars: You took your knowledge of a dead person from a dead person, and we took our knowledge from a living person who does not die. People like us say, “My heart told me about my Lord,” and you say, “So-and-so told me, and where.” They said he died on the authority of so-and-so, and where is he? They said he died