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As for these heretics, their unbelief is not confined to claiming that He begot something, took a son, or is a human being who was born, by virtue of the Lord’s union with him. All of this entails affirming two distinct entities, one of which united with the other or dwelt within it. Such a view is held only by those who profess a particular, restricted union or a particular, restricted indwelling.

These people, however, maintain that there is nothing other than Him or besides Him; that He has created nothing; that He is neither the Lord nor the Owner of anything; and that He has no servant or worshipper, no supplicant who invokes Him and whom He answers, no distressed person who turns to Him in dire need and whom He answers, and no petitioner who asks of Him and whom He answers. A servant perceives these distinctions only when he is veiled from witnessing absolute unity in his imagination.

According to them, once the veil over his heart is lifted, he sees that there are no two distinct entities in any respect whatsoever, such that one could be the Creator and the other a creature, one a worshipper and the other the Lord, one a parent and the other an offspring, or one a partner to the other or an intercessor with Him, through whose worship one might draw nearer to Him.