Imam Ali (a.s.) über Imam Ali

"I am the dot under the letter b of the bismillah. I am that aspect of God about you have been indifferent. I am the pen (qalam), I am the guarded table (lahw), I am the Throne ('arsh), I am the Chair (kursi), I am the seven heavens and the earth (samawati sabb wa ardhina sabb)."

(Preface to Sharh Fusoos al-Hukm, Section 8, p. 32, by Shaikh Dawud ibn Mahmud al-Qaisari)