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« He said: The Self-Sufficient, Besought of all (al-Ṣamad) is the Master (al-Sayyid) who is resorted to for all needs (ḥawāʾij) and exigencies (ʿawāriḍ). The meaning of [al-Ṣamad] is the One who is resorted to (al-Maṣmūd ilayhi). Then he said: The Self-Sufficient, Besought of all is the One who has no need of food and drink. [112:3] He neither begot, such that He appoints heirs, nor was begotten, for in that case His sovereignty (mulk) would be something temporal (muḥdath). It is also a confirmation of His unicity (waḥdāniyya), and a disavowal of His dependence on causes (asbāb), and a refutation (radd) of the disbelievers. »