attribute of Allah by which He is distinguished—whether it is His power to create, His self-sufficiency, His eternity, or His unique essence. Rather, all the names and attributes established for the Lord, Most High, are unique to Him: He knows all things and has power over all things; whatever He wills comes to pass, and whatever He does not will does not come to pass; He is the Most Merciful of the merciful and the best of helpers; and when He wills a thing, He says to it, “Be,” and it is.

All these matters, and others besides, belong to His most distinctive attributes. He has no attribute in which anyone else resembles Him in any respect. Rather, every attribute of His is unique to Him and necessarily distinguishes Him from His creation. But this is not the place to discuss that, for Allah’s separateness from His creation in essence is something