this is an extremely clumsy sermon for the attributes of perfection do not differ from the essence of the perfect one so that it can be said he is in need of others. so if he has always been and will always be perfect in knowledge power and life then how can he be in need? or how is it permissible to express the concomitance of perfection with need which is like the saying of the one who says the perfect one is he who does not need perfection? so the one who needs the existence of the attributes of perfection for his own sake is deficient so it is said there is no meaning to his being perfect except the existence of perfection for his own sake. likewise there is no meaning to his being rich except the existence of the attributes that contradict needs for his own sake. so how can the attributes of perfection by which divinity is completed be denied with such verbal fantasies?
وهذا كلام وعظي في غاية الركاكة، فإن صفات الكمال لا تباين ذات الكامل حتى يقال إنه محتاج إلى غيره. فإذا لم يزل ولا يزال كاملا بالعلم والقدرة والحياة فكيف يكون محتاجا؟ أو كيف يجوز أن يعبر عن ملازمة الكمال بالحاجة وهو كقول القائل الكامل من لا يحتاج إلى كمال؟ فالمحتاج إلى وجود صفات الكمال لذاته ناقص فيقال لا معنى لكونه كاملا إلا وجود الكمال لذاته. فكذلك لا معنى لكونه غنيا إلا وجود الصفات المنافية للحاجات لذاته. فكيف تنكر صفات الكمال التي بها تتم الإلهية بمثل هذه التخييلات اللفظية؟