Know that God Almighty did not create the world out of a need that He had for it. Rather, He created it as evidence of His knowledge, to complete thereby what was lacking in the level of existence and the level of knowledge. So He, Glory be to Him, did not return to Him from His creation a description of perfection that He did not have. Rather, He has perfection absolutely, and neither did the world exist in His creation. It is required for Himself because He has no attribute of perfection that has occurred to Him in His creation, rather He has complete imperfection in all respects, whether