Except for the reasons and how, and He said, “And your Lord has decreed that you should worship none but Him.” And, “O people, you are in need of God.” He never mentioned a creature’s need for anything other than God, nor did He decree that any other than God should be worshipped. He must be the Eye of all things, meaning the Eye of all that is. He lacks Him and He designated what is worshiped, just as He designated the worshiper from every worshiper by saying, “I was his hearer” when he addressed him with assignment and definition, so his words were not heard except by his hearing, and likewise all of his powers, without which the worshiper of God cannot be, so nothing appeared in the worshiper and the being worshiped except his identity, so his wisdom, cause, and cause were nothing but him and his effect. And its cause was none other than Him, for He is a servant and servant.

He, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said in his sermon when he praised his Lord, “We ar