a speck, a mote of dust, or other such things. How, then, could anyone imagine that the Lord of all worlds is of this size, such that evidence would be needed to disprove it? There is no doubt that His being One precludes His having any likeness. Likewise, His saying:

“And there is none comparable to Him.” {4} [al-Ikhlās 4]

rules out any equal, so He cannot be one of the mutually similar atoms. This argument, however, is conclusive only if individual atoms are alike in their essential natures.

The thirteenth point: His statement, “Once it has been established that He is neither a body nor an atom, it necessarily follows that He is not in any spatial region or direction.”