(Ankar al nakirat). This term may be applied to either of two extremes. The Absolute Itself in Its Inconceivable Transcendence and Unknowableness is 'the most indeterminate of all indeterminates'. Through the first manifestation of the Infinite Mercy of the absolutely Unknown-Unknowable It becomes a 'thing' within the created realm. This 'thing' (shay) is also 'the most indeterminate of all indeterminates' because the word 'thing' can be applied to anything at all, except Allah Himself.