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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.
(vi) 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 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.
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.
(vi) 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 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.