except as “He” alone. He is pure identity, devoid of multiplicity, which is pure wisdom and pure truth. Allah has no form like the form that becomes manifold in matter. He is the Existent whom neither the mind nor the intellect can encompass. Neither change, attribute, number, relation, time, place, nor limits can apply to Him. Neither the senses nor the intellects can apprehend the ultimate reality of His essence, but only that He is one, eternal without beginning, not two. For if we ascribed number to Him, duality would necessarily follow; if we ascribed relation to Him, time and place, before and after, would necessarily follow; and if we ascribed place to Him, limits would necessarily follow, and we would make Him bounded by something other than Himself. And Thales said