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innate disposition among mankind, that the Lord of the worlds is above His creation, and that whoever says that above the heavens there is no Lord to be worshipped, nor any God there to whom prayers and prostrations are offered, but only absolute nothingness, denies the Lord of the worlds, the Master of the Day of Judgment. If he believes that he acknowledges Him, this entails—as you have said—that He occupies space and has magnitude. Anything that occupies space and has magnitude, yet cannot be pointed to by the senses or perceived by them, is nonexistent, as he has acknowledged, and as
الفطرة من البرية أن رب العالمين فوق خلقه وأن من قال إنه ليس فوق السموات رب يعبد ولا هناك إله يصلى له ويسجد وإنما هناك العدم المحض فإنه جاحد لرب العالمين مالك يوم الدين فإن اعتقد أنه مقر به وهذا يقتضي كما قلت أنه ذو حيز ومقدار وكلما كان ذا حيز ومقدار وهو لا يمكن الإشارة الحسية إليه ولا يمكن الإحساس به فإنه معدوم كما اعترف به وكما