on what is known as a matter of necessity from Arabic and all other languages: many created things are described as “one” even though they are bodies. For created things are either bodies or accidents, according to those who regard accidents as distinct from bodies and additional to them.

Since speakers of the language agree on calling a single body “one,” the linguistic meaning of “one” cannot be “that which is indivisible” if this is intended to mean that it is not a body and that no part of it can be pointed to separately from another. This will be explained later, and we shall cite instances in the language where something is called “one” while possessing attributes and magnitude. Indeed, the term “one” is never applied in the language except to something possessing an attribute and magnitude, as in the words of Allah Most High:

“He created you from a single soul.” [al-Zumar 6]

And He said:

“Leave Me with the one I created alone.” {11} [al-Muddaththir 11]

And He said:

“If there is only one daughter, she shall have half.” [al-Nisā’ 11]

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, “May a man pray in a single garment?” He replied, “Does every one of you have two garments?” He also said, “None of you should pray