The proof of His being foremost is His originating the creatures.

The proof of His being foremost is His originating the creatures. Every originated substance is unable to originate others. His names are expressions. His deeds are means of understanding. His essence is a truth. His quintessence distinguishes Him from the creatures. Thus, whoever states a description for Allah ignores Him, and whoever states a like for Him misses Him, and whoever states an essence for Him passes Him up.

To ask, "Where is Allah?" is to state a definite place for Him, and to ask, "In which substance is He?" is to include Him -to another thing-, and to ask, "Since when is He?" is to define an end for Him, and to ask, "For what is He existent?" is to state a reason for Him, and to ask, "How is He?" is to liken Him -to other things-, and to ask, "When is He?" is to state a definite time for Him, and to ask, "Till when is He?" is to state a definite deadline to Him.

To state a definite deadline to Allah is to part Him. To part Him means to describe Him, and to describe him leads to disbelieving in Him. He whoever divides Him is going away from Him. Allah does not change when His creatures change and does not acquire limits when others acquire such limits. He is single but not a number. He is peculiar but not with the partition of needs. He is unseen but not being inside a substance. He is evident but not in physical nearness. He is clear but not seeable.

He is Aware but not having corporeality. He acts but without connotation of movements. He is arranging without intellectual planning. He is managing without need to movements. He hears without sense and sees without instrumentality. He is near without physical closeness and remote without distance. He is existent but not after nonexistence. Times do not accompany Him. Places do not include Him. Changes do not affect Him. Descriptions do not limit Him. Tools do not restrain Him.

His being preceded times. His existence preceded nonexistence. Origin is His eternity. As He created the feelings, it is known that He does not need feelings. As he created the essences, it is known that He does not have essence (like the others). As He originated the creatures, it is known that He had no originator. As He is different from things, it is known that nothing matches Him. As he created comparable things, it is known that nothing compares Him.

He compared light to darkness and coldness to hotness. He formed the opposites of these things and approximated their different things.