لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ وَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ كُلُّ أَحَدٍ.
He needs no one, while everyone needs Him.
This explanation of al-Ṣamad establishes two points:
1. Allah needs no created being.
2. Every created being depends upon Allah.
Dependence upon another contradicts complete self-sufficiency. Creation must therefore not be treated as the outcome of a need on Allah’s part.
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Divine Will, Self-Sufficiency, Life, and Resurrection
لَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ وَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ كُلُّ أَحَدٍ.
He needs no one, while everyone needs Him.
This explanation of al-Ṣamad establishes two points:
1. Allah needs no created being.
2. Every created being depends upon Allah.
Dependence upon another contradicts complete self-sufficiency. Creation must therefore not be treated as the outcome of a need on Allah’s part.