[The fourth point]

His statement: “If He is finite in every direction, then, if His particular shape and magnitude are intrinsic to Him, all bodies must share them, since they necessarily share the same nature.”

He may be answered: We do not concede that all bodies share these features, nor do we concede that bodies share the same nature. It is well known that disagreement among speculative thinkers on this question is widespread. This author himself has demonstrated the invalidity of the arguments of his associates who claim that bodies are alike and that substances are alike. Thus, if he himself has demonstrated the invalidity of the arguments of his associates who claim that bodies are alike and that substances are alike—

If, then, he himself has demonstrated the invalidity of the arguments of those who maintain that bodies share the same nature, he has undermined his own argument through the very rational evidence he himself has presented to refute those arguments, quite apart from what other rational thinkers have presented. This has been discussed at length in its proper place. The purpose here is simply to point out that every premise in this argument can be challenged, and that the position of the one challenging it is stronger than that of the one advancing it.

[Continuation of al-Āmidī’s discussion denying that Allah Most High is a body]

He said that if He were a body, He would be composed of parts. This is impossible for two reasons. First, He would depend upon each of those parts, since a composite necessarily cannot exist without its parts, and each of them is distinct from