From the Most Merciful’s soul is his saying that when they were told, “There is no god but God,” they would be arrogant. This is the monotheism of astonishment, which is the monotheism of God, not the monotheism of identity. So his saying “they are arrogant” means they magnify that and are astonished at it. How can it be true in the universe that there is no god but God and the thing is not It can only be in the image