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except the one who inclines his ear in contemplation. He who makes known to them that He is One
in
His Essence without any associate, Single without any equal, Eternal without a similar.
Nothing precedes Him, He is without any beginning. He is Eternal with none after Him, Everlasting
without any end, subsisting without cessation, abiding without termination He has not ceased and He
will not cease to be described by the epithets of Majesty. At the end of time He will not be
subject to
dissolution and decay, but He is the First and the Last, the Hidden and Apparent, and He knows
everything.
i. Transcendence (Exaltation)
Allah is not a body possessing form, nor a substance restricted and limited: He does not resemble
other
bodies either in limitation or in accepting division.
He is not a substance and substances do not reside in Him; He is not a quality of substance, nor
does a
in
His Essence without any associate, Single without any equal, Eternal without a similar.
Nothing precedes Him, He is without any beginning. He is Eternal with none after Him, Everlasting
without any end, subsisting without cessation, abiding without termination He has not ceased and He
will not cease to be described by the epithets of Majesty. At the end of time He will not be
subject to
dissolution and decay, but He is the First and the Last, the Hidden and Apparent, and He knows
everything.
i. Transcendence (Exaltation)
Allah is not a body possessing form, nor a substance restricted and limited: He does not resemble
other
bodies either in limitation or in accepting division.
He is not a substance and substances do not reside in Him; He is not a quality of substance, nor
does a