I'm hoping someone who has studied mulla sadra can show me the problem with this argument.
1. God is Existence
2. Existence is gradated [tashkik alwujud]
3. Therefore God is gradated
The conclusion is surely false, so where does it go wrong?
Salam,
The most important part of that is where it says “He is with them wheresoever they are”. Also as it is stated elsewhere; “He is with you wherever you are”. (Wa Huwa Ma’akum ayna ma kuntum).
Allah is the very substance of everything and so He is always present like that wall that is the substance is always present to and with the shadows which are the accidents. Although God is with us in every thought that arises, every feeling that comes, and in every sensation we feel, He,