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                       does  not  consider  himself              Existence and divine unity in
                       responsive  or  accountable  to           attributes,  as  the  existence
                       anyone.  However,  according              and  all  attributes  belong  to

                       to the Gradation of Existence,            God alone, and human beings
                       all contingents are destitute in          have  no  type  of  existence
                       their  existence,  and  they  are         except  as  manifestations  and

                       not independent in themselves             shadows of that one necessary
                       even for a while.                         existence.
                         There  is  a  grade  of                    Hence, he is nothing except
                       existence  above  everything              a  glimpse  of  God,  and  they

                       except  God,  as  He  is  at  the         remain  relative,  finite,  and
                       highest  level.  This  ideology           delimited forever. This perspective

                       and  way  of  thinking  may               will  make  them  humble,
                       change  the  whole  life  of  a           submissive, and obedient before
                       human  and  make  him  free               their  God  and  also  among
                       from  all  kinds  of  sins.  For          themselves,      and     it   will

                       example,  he  will  not  suffer           eradicate  the  roots  of  many
                       from     arrogance,      as    he         evils and sins.
                       considers  himself  dependent                In  the  following  table,  the

                       on God everywhere and every               similarities  and  differences
                       time.  That’s  the  Qur'anic              between  the  two  theories  of
                       perspective as stated,                    the  Unity  of  Existence  and

                         “O  mankind!  You  are  the             the  Gradation  of  Existence
                         ones  who  need  Allah,  and            are clarified.
                         Allah  is  the  All-Sufficient,

                         the All-laudable”. (The Qur’an,
                         35: 15)

                         This ideology and point of

                       view  appear  more  clearly  in
                       the  theory  of  Unity  of
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