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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 132
And if a person should use the term substance and not mean
thereby a resident substance, he would be mistaken as far as
the use of the term is concerned, not as far as the meaning
for which he had used it.
)5(FREE FROM BODILY FORM
The fifth principle: The knowledge that He - the High - is not
a body composed of different substances, since the body is
that which is composed of substances. When His being a substance
limited by place is refuted, His being a body is also
refuted, because every body is limited by place and is composed
of substances. But it is impossible for the substance to
be free from division, composition, motion, rest, form, and
quantity, all of which are characteristics of originated phenomena.
thereby a resident substance, he would be mistaken as far as
the use of the term is concerned, not as far as the meaning
for which he had used it.
)5(FREE FROM BODILY FORM
The fifth principle: The knowledge that He - the High - is not
a body composed of different substances, since the body is
that which is composed of substances. When His being a substance
limited by place is refuted, His being a body is also
refuted, because every body is limited by place and is composed
of substances. But it is impossible for the substance to
be free from division, composition, motion, rest, form, and
quantity, all of which are characteristics of originated phenomena.