In another hadith, Allah Most High says:

“I am Generous, Glorious, Self-Sufficient. When I will something, My command is only to say to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”

[Section: Al-Āmidī’s discussion in Abkār al-Afkār explaining the impossibility of temporal occurrences inhering in His essence, blessed and exalted be He.]

We shall present what Abū al-Hasan al-Āmidī said concerning this principle and discuss it. In his major work entitled Abkār al-Afkār, he stated:

“The fourth question of the fourth category, which he entitled ‘Refuting Likeness’: explaining the impossibility of temporal occurrences inhering in His essence, blessed and exalted be He.”

He said: “Before embarking on the arguments, we must clarify the precise point