sides, or on some of them, or else be unbounded, and that all these possibilities are impossible.

He then said, “We reply: describing something as unbounded can have two meanings. The first is that it is not situated in any spatial region or direction; in that case, it cannot have an extremity, an endpoint, or a limit. The second is that it is situated in a direction and a spatial region, yet its essence has no endpoint or limit.” He also said, “Thus, when we say that the essence of Allah, exalted is He, has no limit, we mean the first interpretation.”

We have already discussed his remarks and explained that his description applies only to what is nonexistent. The point here is that his statement, “This entails that He is not susceptible to increase or decrease,” can be interpreted in these two ways. He may mean either that His essence cannot