Refutation of the Sects

He is the sole possessor of life, and He would be powerless and weak if He were to contemplate power only for Himself. He is not lacking in knowledge if He keeps that knowledge only to Himself, and He is not in need of wisdom if, when He distributes His wisdom to others, the thought of need should enter within. Rather, He is alive and is the source of life. He gives life to all, and He Himself remains full and in inexhaustible life. He strengthens the weak with great power, and He Himself does not diminish from the strengthening power. He grants knowledge to all the ignorant, and He Himself contains within Him the all-knowing knowledge. He causes faultless wisdom to flow into all, and He remains unmoved in all-powerful wisdom.

If the ever-flowing springs, which were established by His command, constantly gush forth and do not fail,