He saw it as an eternal shadow of the one in whose image it is, and he did not take its place, because the passive does not take the place of its subject. Shadows do not prostrate except for the prostration of the one from whom they appear. The shadows have no effect, rather they are the influence on them, and each passive has its subject higher than it in rank, so things do not bear witness except by their ranks, not by their essence. There is no difference between kings and vulgar people in humanity. The world is distinguished only by its ranks, and some of them are not honored over others except by them. Whoever knows that honor belongs to the ranks and not to his own person, does not delude himself in saying that he is more honorable than others, even if he says that this rank is more honorable than this rank, and this is the position of the wise and knowledgeable, says the Messenger of God. May God’s blessings and peace be upon him abundantly in this