Unity in all aspects is perfection that does not accept decrease or addition. So look from where it is, not from the perspective of what is united with it. If the essence of what is united with it is the same, and if the essence of what is united with it is not, then it is a combination. This is not our goal nor the desire of men, and for this reason the rulings on the divine names differed. As they are names, where is the avenger, the severe in punishment, and the oppressor, from the merciful, the forgiving, and the kind? The avenger seeks to take revenge on the one who takes revenge on him, and the merciful seeks to remove revenge from him, and each considers the thing according to the judgment of its truth, so there must be a dispute for the emergence of authority. So whoever looks at the divine names speaks of a divine dispute, and for this reason he said God Almighty to His Prophet and argue with them in a way that is best, so He commanded him to argue that the divine names r