and deficiencies. He is the gatherer of all attributes of perfection, including knowledge, power, will, and justice; there is nothing like unto Him. He is Primordial, having never ceased to be and never ceasing to be, All-Knowing, All-Wise, All-Competent, All-Sufficient, All-Hearing, and All-Seeing. He cannot be described by the attributes of created beings; He possesses neither body (jism) nor physical form (ṣūrah), neither substance (jawhar) nor accidental quality (‘araḍ). He has neither peer nor likeness, and eyes cannot grasp Him, while He grasps the eyes, and He is the Subtle, the All-Aware.”

And al-Makedun, Allah sanctified his secret, said in verse:

“The manifestation of the Truth within the world is through power and knowledge,

And through justice, benevolence, compassion, and forbearance.

His sublimity is never grasped on the basis of spatial confinement or physical body.”

The Allamah, Sheikh Sulayman al-Ahmad, Allah sanctified his secret, stated, commenting on these verses: