Praise be to Allah, from whom the fugitive cannot find refuge nor escape.
Nor does the one who seeks shelter in other than Him see refuge.
He decreed the judgment before creation as enforcement.
And He redeems the disobedient through repentance from sins as salvation.
All creatures are a sign of Him, so this cannot be said lesser than that.
And all of them are made, so some of them do not deceive except by Him.
He is beyond the entities, so it cannot be said He is equal to them or parallel.
So beware of likening, seeking refuge with Allah for protection.
And fear negation, for if it is believed, it harms those who liken, the worshippers of idols, and Ibrahim made them fragments. The deniers infiltrate among you, intermingle and then slip away from you unnoticed.
Leave me out of innovations, for you see I have no penetration for this.
Listen to my description of the predecessors, for I find pleasure in mentioning them.
