Thirteenth point: His statement, “Or some of it remains, which entails that it is composite, consisting of two or more parts.”

The reply is that this rests on the premise that a body is composed of indivisible atoms—a matter of well-known disagreement. The author in question is among those who accept this premise. His opponent may therefore say: “I do not concede that if some of it remains, it must be composed of parts. Rather, it exists necessarily in itself, even if one thing within it can be distinguished from another through sense perception or knowledge.”

Fourteenth point: This very same objection applies to all the attributes you affirm, such as life, knowledge, power, will, and so forth. Those who deny the attributes have already raised this objection against you. In presenting their argument, he said: “If Allah’s essence were characterized by attributes subsisting in it, then the divine reality would be