He is far exalted—so exalted that forgetfulness or any imagined resemblance is despaired of in relation to Him; rather, it is more fitting to describe Him as the Originator of all things. No one should disdain to worship Him, to submit to His lordship, or to humble himself before His might and majesty. He is fortified in Pride and irresistible Power, set apart by Grandeur and Sovereign Dominion, singularly entitled to the very word “Divinity.” Mighty in His rule, none can overcome Him; supremely exalted in His holiness, beyond the wanderings of thoughts, so none may call Him to account. Manifest through His power in every creature—He cannot be denied; witnessing by His decisive command—nothing can conceal Him. Veiled by His own will so that nothing is like unto Him, He is, in the fullest sense, the Beginner who has no predecessor.

His transcendence is the most radiant of all forms of exaltation, His glorification the loftiest of all praises, His sanctification the purest of all consecrations—each of them lies beyond what the intellect can circumscribe or its faculties attain. By the perfection of His power He is independent of any forms or phantoms, and He is the One who brought the Pen into being to inscribe the Tablets.

In this passage you state that He is “the Bountiful, the All-Forgiving, the Most Merciful,” and you affirm for Him might, pride, grandeur, irresistible power, and dominion; you say that He is the Mighty One, manifest through His power, and so on—thus affirming for God names and attributes, even though His creatures are also called by names and attributes that resemble these, for one of them may be described as “merciful” or “mighty.”