Existence

Existence is the foundation upon which all creed is built. One must believe that Allah exists without doubt, eternally — without beginning, without end.

He exists, but not like other existing things. We need a place to dwell; we have a beginning and an end. Allah, however, created place itself — He has no beginning and no end.

This attribute means that Allah is not non-existent — His existence is real and established. But His existence is utterly different from the existence of created things: we exist in space and time, with bodies and limits, while Allah is the Creator of space and time and is transcendent above being confined by them.

The rational proof: "Every action must have an actor." The world is everything other than Allah. How can one accept the existence of the world without a Creator? Just as every building must have a builder, the entire universe points to the existence of its Creator.

Existence is therefore a necessary attribute of Allah, and His non-existence is impossible. Whoever denies Allah's existence has denied the most manifest of truths, as Allah said: 'Can there be any doubt about Allah?' (Ibrahim 14:10) — meaning: is it conceivable to doubt the existence of Allah when He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth?