God is a complete example with no equal

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Formulation of the claim

Shahrur describes God as the only complete example, because the perfection of knowledge, power, and speed can exist only in one. There is no second perfection that matches it.

Explanation

Shahrur turns the concept of perfection into a monotheistic rule: perfection does not multiply. Hence God is the absolute example, with no one sharing in the kind of perfection that belongs uniquely to Him. This view explains why God cannot be measured against created beings in a direct sense. God is not an individual among existing things, but the source of ideals.

Its place in the episode’s argument

This atom supports his transition from ontology to monotheism: if perfection is one, then the Creator is one.

Scope of the claim

This does not equate all kinds of perfection; rather, it focuses on absolute perfection.

God is a complete example with no equal