Of limitless dimensions are the leaves of the book of the world,

Numberless are the works on the lines of the world of being.

Every being in the world is an embodied, meaningful word

Printed on the press of the preserved tablet of nature.

Hoca Tahsin [^5] uses "limitless" and "numberless" relatively here; he does not intend actually infinite numbers.

[^5]:Hoca Tahsin (d. 1881). Though originally a member of the ulema class, he gained wide knowledge of the natural sciences, astronomy, and contemporary intellectual developments, and was first director of the Darülfünûn (Ottoman University), in Istanbul. Among his writings were scientific works, and poetry.

Indication

However many the attributes of perfection, the All-Glorious Maker possesses them all. For it is established that the traces of perfection in creatures are faint shadows derived from the Maker's perfection. Hence, however much beauty, goodness, and perfection there are in the universe, the Maker possesses attributes of beauty and perfection at a level infinitely higher than all of them. Bounty is derived from and is evidence of riches, and the giving of existence is evidence of existence, and necessitating of necessity, and beautifying of beauty. Moreover, the All-Glorious Maker is free of every sort of defect. He utterly lacks the imperfections arising from the essential incapacity of material beings. He is exalted above the attributes intrinsic to the contingent natures of all beings.

There is nothing like unto to Him, May His glory be exalted.