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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 named the Maker, the Originator, the Fashioner, and the Creator of
the Worlds.
(iii) Eternity
The third principle is the knowledge that Allah, besides being without beginning, His Existence has
no
end.
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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 named the Maker, the Originator, the Fashioner, and the Creator of
the Worlds.
(iii) Eternity
The third principle is the knowledge that Allah, besides being without beginning, His Existence has
no
end.
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