The ruling of number takes precedence over the ruling of every judge, so he judged the possible things by their abundance, the abundance of possible things and the differences in their preparations according to what is apparent in them, along with its singularity, so its abundance is the multitude of possible things. And since the matter was like this, it was not possible for servitude to have an entity, so for this reason it is said that servitude is abandoned, and from the rule of number and the power of its effect even if it does not have it. The presence of the words of God Almighty: “There will not be three in conversation but He is the fourth of them, nor five but He is the sixth of them, and there is no less than that, meaning two.” This supports our advanced visions, and there is no more but He is with them, wherever they are of the ranks that He seeks. Here is the number, so the ruling of the number and his saying, may God bless him and grant him peace, applies to it And