The seven attributes of God

Of the seven qualities (haft sifât) of God in Islam, the first is Hayât (life). This means that God cannot be seen. He does not have a body, figure or form. He is not a substance. Limits cannot circumscribe Him. Nor can measures determine Him. He has no beginning or end. On all these counts the definition is exactly like that of the supreme God of the Vedic Hindus: a circle without circumference, without beginning or end and without a body or form.
The other six attributes of Allah are ilm (knowledge), qudrah or qudrat (power), irâdâh (will), sam (hearing), basar (sight) and kalâm (speech). Haft, incidentally, is the same word as the Sanskrit sapt (seven) and Latin sept. S is pronounced h in many languages.