terminate in a unity that subsists in the entity without the mediation of another unity; otherwise, the entity would not be characterized by unity at all. This is precisely what was to be established.”

Such, then, is the argument he presents for the impossibility of any body being one, or of any existing thing being one. It is well known that this contradicts the Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of Muslims—indeed, the consensus of all rational people. Allah Most High says:

“But if there is only one, she will have half.” [al-Nisā’ 11]

And He says:

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

And saying, “This is one,” of