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“And if there is only one daughter” [al-Nisā’ 11], and likewise: “Leave Me with the one I created alone” {11} [al-Muddaththir 11].
A creature may also be described using ahad (one), with or without qualification, as in His words: “Take one of us in his place” [Yūsuf 78]; “When one of them is given news of a female child” [al-Nahl 58]; and “And there is none comparable to Him” {4} [al-Ikhlās 4].
The term samad may likewise be applied to a creature, as Yahyā ibn Abī Kathīr said: “Angels are solid, whereas human beings are hollow,” and as the poet said:
وَإِن كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً
[النساء ١١]
وكما في ذَرْنِي وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيداً
{١١}
[المدثر ١١]
ويوصف بالأحد مقيدًا أو مطلقًا كقوله فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُ
[يوسف ٧٨]
وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُمْ بِالأُنثَى
[النحل ٥٨]
وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ
{٤}
[الإخلاص ٤]
ويوصف أيضًا بالصمد وكما قال يحيى بن أبي كثير الملائكة صمد والآدميون جوف وكما قال الشاعر