Silsilat-ut-Turathi l-Alawiyyah, vol. 2, p. 237:
فأما معنى باطن الإمام الذي لا تتم الصلاة إلا به فهو في الظاهر أمير المؤمنين وفي الباطن رب العالمين والإمام اسم خاص ينطق به الكتاب وهو من كلام الميم قوله وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إمام وهو الحكيم العليم فحرف وبدل وقريء وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إله وهو الحكيم العليم ومن دقيق المعنى في ذلك إشارة الرسول في كلامه الظاهر إلى معنوية مولاه العين وظهوره وهو الذي في السماء إله وفي الأرض إمام أي أن لا إله إلا الذي تعبدونه وتوحدونه وهو غائب عنكم في السماء ظاهر لكم في الأرض إماما مرئيا مشاهدا حكيما يظهر بحكمته فيكم حاكما عليكم عند اختلافكم خبيرا بسركم وجهركم
,,As for the profound meaning of the Imam (a.), without whom the prayer is incomplete, superficially He is the Commander of the believers (a.), but inwardly He is the Lord of the worlds and the Imam (a.) is a special title expressed in the Scripture (Qur’an) and in the words of Muhammad (s. ) it appears in the verse: ﴾He it is, Who is God in the heaven and Imam on the earth and He is the Wise, the Knowing.﴿ But it was distorted and replaced and read: ﴾He it is, Who is God in the heaven and God on the earth and He is the Wise, the Knowing.﴿ (43:84) More precisely it is meant, that Muhammad (s.) with his statement points to the significance of his master Ali (a. ) and to His manifestation and He is God in the heavens and Imam on the earth, by which is meant that there is no God except Him Whom you are serving and declaring to be One and He is hidden from you in the heavens but visible on the earth as an Imam who shows Himself, is seen, is wise, expresses His wisdom to you, is a judge over your disagreement and knows both your secret and manifest.”
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