Plato, in his book the Laws, that there are things a person ought not to be ignorant of, including that he has a Maker and that his Maker knows his actions. He thus affirmed Allah’s knowledge of human actions.

Some philosophers of our time claimed that Plato set this down merely to instruct people, in accordance with tradition and the approach he followed, rather than out of conviction. He said that this was conjecture on their part. As for Plato’s own position, it is what he stated in his commentary on Sam‘ al-Kinān: that Allah, exalted is He, is known only through negation. Thus it is said that He has no likeness or analogue except