It was said to Al-Junaid, when he was asked about knowledge and the knower, and he said, “The color of the water is the color of its vessel,” so prove the two, so it is necessary for you and it, and it is necessary for distinction, so it is necessary for the one. If you say, “There is nothing in existence except one,” you are correct, and if you say, “There is only two in existence,” you are correct, even if you say “there is nothing in creation.” Except for two, you are correct, for it is about one essence, and if you say that there is only one existence in creation, you are correct, because it is impossible for two powers to be related to a power, and monotheism is unseen, and proof is testimony, and He, Glory be to Him, knows the unseen and the witnessed, so He established duality with regard to the world and with respect to God, knowledge of the testimony and nothing else, since it is impossible for anything to be unseen from Him. Contrary to those who consider the cause of vi