If any of those things had existed before His formation, then—Allah forbid—that thing would have been closer to the Meaning than the Greatest Name. Rather, the existence of the attribute began with the beginning of the existence of the Invented Veil from its Meaning, because he [the Veil] only sees his Meaning through his attribute. And his attribute through which he sees the Meaning is not attributed to his Meaning except metaphorically, because it is from the Greatest Name, not from before the Worshiped Meaning. Likewise, all the attributes through which the worlds of light see Him. And that He—Glory be to Him—before the formation of the worlds of light, was not described by any attribute nor qualified by any quality from all the attributes and qualities of the worlds of light. Just as He—the Exalted—before the formation of humans, was not seen in human form nor described by human attributes.

What they saw with human attributes is the Worshiped God, and the attributes are located upon the humans because they are from their aspect, not from His aspect—the Exalted. No one saw Him or described Him by them before their formation. So blessed is he who understands the reality of this comparison (Tashbih), negation (Nafy), and affirmation (Ithbat) and does not pass over it lightly.

Indeed, the Day of Sunday (Al-Ahad) may be applied to the Worshiped Meaning and to the first of the weekly days to indicate the