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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 133
And if it were possible to believe that the Maker of
the world is a body, it would also be possible to believe
in the divinity of the sun and the moon as well as other heavenly
bodies. If, therefore, one should dare and call Allah
a body but not mean thereby a composition of substances, he
would be wrong as far as the name is concerned, but not in negating
the idea of body.
)6(FREE FROM THE QUALITY OF SUBSTANCE
The sixth principle: The knowledge that He - the High - is not
a quality of substance of a substance existing in a body or
a condition in a place; because an accident is that which
exists in a body. But every body is inevitably originated and
the world is a body, it would also be possible to believe
in the divinity of the sun and the moon as well as other heavenly
bodies. If, therefore, one should dare and call Allah
a body but not mean thereby a composition of substances, he
would be wrong as far as the name is concerned, but not in negating
the idea of body.
)6(FREE FROM THE QUALITY OF SUBSTANCE
The sixth principle: The knowledge that He - the High - is not
a quality of substance of a substance existing in a body or
a condition in a place; because an accident is that which
exists in a body. But every body is inevitably originated and