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However, this is not the case, because His influence on creation, which is His work, is the same in every place, from the depths of the oceans to the furthest parts of the universe. There is no place to which His influence does not reach in sufficiency. This influence is not such as has a centre, such that the further we go from it the weaker it becomes, until we reach a point where there is no trace of His influence and chaos reigns.

For if God had a place like other material things, His influence would vary throughout the universe. Therefore we can deduce from this that the creator of this world has no location and no centre. Indeed, God is the creator of “place” and it is impossible that the creator should be dependent on what He has created. God cannot be compared with an inventor, because, as we explained previously, an inventor is not a creator.

His only genius is that he understands the properties of things and is successful in bringing together certain elements to make something, which, in some cases, he is himself in need of. But God, Who is the creator of all creation, is not in need of what He has created. Is God visible? Now, since we have seen that God has no place, it is clear that he has no body either. Because a body needs a place, and there can be no body which has no place.

Since God has no body, He cannot be seen, because our eyes can see only bodies. God does not need the creatures Since God is the creator of nourishment and other necessities of life of all existents, we must agree that He needs none of these things. God therefore, is the entire Truth Who does not need the creatures. Unlike human beings, He does not need shelter nourishment, and the other necessities of life. Rather all people and things are in need of Him.

You may ask: “If God has no body, occupies no space and cannot be seen then what is He and how can we say that He exists?” To understand this, take the following example. Electricity is neither solid, nor liquid, nor gas. These negations do not deny the existence of electricity. And it could never be true to say that because electricity is none of these things, therefore it does not exist.

We have to admit that electricity is a fact, which cannot be describable by any of the afore-mentioned conditions. God who is Self-sufficient and has neither body, nor place, nor can He be seen, nor He needs any of the creatures is perfect and free of these imperfections.