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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 134
These three are in reason inseparable in the brain and the one is inconceivable without the other.
Whoever would deem it possible that a knower could exist independently of knowledge, he would have
to deem it possible that a knower could exist independently of that which is known, and that
knowledge
could exist independently of a knower, since there is no difference between these qualities.
The Third Pillar:
The Knowledge of the Deeds of Allah
Based on ten principles
(i) Originated things are of His Deeds. Creation and Invention
The first principle: Is the knowledge that every originated phenomenon in the world is of His
making,
creation, and invention. There is no other creator of it besides Him, and there is no innovator of
it except
Whoever would deem it possible that a knower could exist independently of knowledge, he would have
to deem it possible that a knower could exist independently of that which is known, and that
knowledge
could exist independently of a knower, since there is no difference between these qualities.
The Third Pillar:
The Knowledge of the Deeds of Allah
Based on ten principles
(i) Originated things are of His Deeds. Creation and Invention
The first principle: Is the knowledge that every originated phenomenon in the world is of His
making,
creation, and invention. There is no other creator of it besides Him, and there is no innovator of
it except