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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 128
its being an originated phenomena has been established, its
need for an Originator becomes a necessity through obvious
comprehension.
)2(ANCIENT ETERNITY
The second principle is the knowledge that Allah is Ancient from
eternity. He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of
everything and before anything living or dead. The proof of
this is found in the supposition that if Allah had been originated
and not ancient, He would have been in need of an originator.
In turn His originator would also need an originator
and so on in a chain of infinity. And whatever enrolls in
such chain will never be found. Or it reaches to an Ancient
Originator and He is the First. This is the wanted whom we
need for an Originator becomes a necessity through obvious
comprehension.
)2(ANCIENT ETERNITY
The second principle is the knowledge that Allah is Ancient from
eternity. He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of
everything and before anything living or dead. The proof of
this is found in the supposition that if Allah had been originated
and not ancient, He would have been in need of an originator.
In turn His originator would also need an originator
and so on in a chain of infinity. And whatever enrolls in
such chain will never be found. Or it reaches to an Ancient
Originator and He is the First. This is the wanted whom we