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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
Subsisting, there is none like unto Him. For how could the created resemble its Creator, the
ordained
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resemble He who ordained it, and the fashioned resemble He who fashioned it? All bodies and their
qualities were created and made by Him; hence it is impossible that they are like Him or resemble
Him.
(vii) Free from direction and place
The seventh principle: The knowledge that Allah - the High - is removed from being limited by any
direction because a direction is either above or below, right or left, before or behind. All these
He
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
Subsisting, there is none like unto Him. For how could the created resemble its Creator, the
ordained
Page 27 of 56
resemble He who ordained it, and the fashioned resemble He who fashioned it? All bodies and their
qualities were created and made by Him; hence it is impossible that they are like Him or resemble
Him.
(vii) Free from direction and place
The seventh principle: The knowledge that Allah - the High - is removed from being limited by any
direction because a direction is either above or below, right or left, before or behind. All these
He