Avi K: Exactly my point. Did you learn the parts preceding what you quoted? Hashem does not “want” anything, does not ‘need’ anything. Furthermore, Hashem has no ‘will’ which we can speak of. All we can do (at least according to Rambam), is say what Hashem is NOT. (See part 1:50 and further, see also Kuzari 1:4 what the philosophers say).
laskern: Which is why one can’t say ‘because he enjoys giving’. Humans enjoy things, not Hashem. Just pause for a moment and think: enjoyment is an inverse relationship, i.e. if one gets pleasure from one thing, than he can also get displeasure. Saying such a thing on Hashem is tantamount of saying Hashem has ‘moods’. Remember, Hashem is NOT a person.
(The sources that I gave are an approximation of where it should be, since I was writing this from memory)
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