Concerning the fact that this knowledge and consideration is a closeness to God, the possessor of the light of faith, for the light of knowledge is the monotheism of God. They bore witness to God in his monotheism before that, and the messengers among them had monotheized Him before they were prophets and messengers. For the Messenger never associated polytheists. God Almighty said, “God bears witness that there is no god but Him, and the angels and their companions.” Knowledge, and he did not say, “And those who have faith.” The rank of knowledge is undoubtedly higher than the rank of faith, and it is an attribute of angels and messengers. The acquisition of that knowledge may be due to consideration or necessity, whatever it may be, so it is called knowledge, since no speaker or informer is obliged to believe his words. This is the position that we have established between truthfulness and the prophethood of legislation, which is the position of closeness, which is the position