Is Allah a "thing" such that the Almighty's saying, "And of all things We created two mates" (Quran 51:49), would include Him?

Every existent is called a "thing," and Allah Almighty is a true existent being. Therefore, He is described as a "thing," as stated in His saying: (Say: "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say: "Allah is witness between me and you"). "Thing" is applied to the eternal and the created, the necessarily existent and the possibly existent, and even to abstract meanings. Al-Bukhari referred to Allah Almighty as a "thing" and the Qur'an as a "thing," emphasizing that "thing" is not among Allah's Most Beautiful Names, but rather it is used to describe Him, because every existent can be described as a thing, and the scope of description is broader than the scope of names.

As for His saying: (And of every thing We created pairs that you may remember), this pertains to creatures. Allah created everything in pairs or two kinds (male and female, night and day, etc.) to indicate the oneness of the Creator. This verse speaks of Allah's power in His creation and His administration of the universe, and it does not mean that the Creator Himself has a spouse, for the Creator is one and has no partner.

And as for the verse: (Allah is the Creator of all things, and He is over all things a Guardian), it means that Allah is the Creator of every created thing. The Creator cannot be created, for if He were created, He would have a creator, which would lead to an infinite regress, contradicting the rational axiom of the existence of one necessarily existent Creator, who is not preceded by non-existence nor followed by annihilation, and He is "Allah." "Thing" and "existent" are common nouns that apply to both the Creator and the created, and this does not mean that the Creator creates Himself, for this would be a contradiction.