Ibn Taimiya's Argument for the Creation of the Universe

Kunawi: God's perfect and perfectly unified existence exceeds the grasp of our minds. Yet he shows himself to us, or as Akunawi would put it, he makes himself manifest to us by creating the universe. As in Ibn Arabi, God's names are seen as a primary case of divine manifestation. Other Sufis will add other images, saying for instance that things in our universe are mere waves and ripples in the single infinite sea of divine reality.