How do qadīm bilā ibtidāʾ and dāʾim bilā intihāʾ differ?
Reading the Creed Text: Terms, Qualifications and Meaning
- Both merely refer to a very long duration
- The first is an attribute of creation, the second of the Creator
- The first states beginninglessness, the second endlessness
- The first concerns provision, the second prophethood