And if the concepts of perfection were to be abstracted from different aspects...

And if the concepts of perfection were to be abstracted from different aspects, as in the case of some contingents, this is accidental, and that is due to the descent ( tanazzul ) of the reality of existence and its accidental mingling with non-existences. The second principle is that that which is perfect in all aspects and is absolute perfection and goodness must be simple in all aspects.

And from these two, another principle is inferred, that that which is composite, in whatever manner, is not perfect in all aspects and is subject to deficiency and nonexistence as well, and that which is deficient is not absolutely simple. Therefore, as God, the Exalted, is completely simple, and composition, which implies contingency,-poverty, and dependence on another, does not affect Him absolutely, He is perfect in all aspects and possesses all the Names and…