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as such its originator exists before it. How then could (Allah)
exist in a body when He has existed in eternity alone,
with no other beside Him, and then originated the bodies and
their qualities afterwards. Besides He is a Knowing, and Able,
and the Willing Creator as shall be discussed later. It
is impossible for these attributes to exist in substance or
its quality. On the contrary they are impossible except in
a Self-existent and Self-sufficient Creator.
The conclusion derived from these principles is that He (Allah)
is Self-existing, being neither substance, nor body, nor
a quality of substance; that the whole world is made of substances,
their quality, and bodies, and consequently He resembles
nothing and nothing resembles Him. He is the Living, the
exist in a body when He has existed in eternity alone,
with no other beside Him, and then originated the bodies and
their qualities afterwards. Besides He is a Knowing, and Able,
and the Willing Creator as shall be discussed later. It
is impossible for these attributes to exist in substance or
its quality. On the contrary they are impossible except in
a Self-existent and Self-sufficient Creator.
The conclusion derived from these principles is that He (Allah)
is Self-existing, being neither substance, nor body, nor
a quality of substance; that the whole world is made of substances,
their quality, and bodies, and consequently He resembles
nothing and nothing resembles Him. He is the Living, the