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The Clarification of Wills in the Forms of Acts of Worship - Volume 1 - Habib Eid Al-Saleh

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And this is among what indicates His transcendence (Tanzih) above human manifestations (al-Zuhurat al-Bashariyyah), because He, Glory be to Him, was not seen with a female companion (Sahibah), sons, daughters, reproduction, and other than that of the human states described in the Book of God—such as hearing, sight, the self (Nafs), the two hands, the face, and other than that—except in the human manifestation (al-Zuhur al-Bashari).

And were it not for His manifestation in these attributes, His transcendence above a female companion, sons, and daughters would have been unnecessary. And had He not shown poverty upon Himself in the human manifestation, and they reproached Him for it, there would be no justification for His Almighty's saying: {God has certainly heard the statement of those who said, "Indeed, God is poor, while we are rich."} (Aal 'Imran: 181).

And no one says that God is poor, neither a believer nor a disbeliever; and likewise is the saying regarding His Almighty's transcendence of the angels above femininity.

And know, O asker... that the people of monotheism (Ahl al-Tawhid) have clarified for us the persons (Ashkhas) of what He Almighty mentioned of these worldly named objects with which He addressed us in His Mighty Book; each person by a name from the used names—if it is praiseworthy, then praiseworthy, or if blameworthy, then blameworthy. And that is so we may know with certainty that He Almighty does not

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