= Imam Ibn Qutaybah writes in Ta’wil Mukhtalif al-Hadith (p. 221): “In my opinion—and Allah knows best—the divine ‘form’ (sura) is no more extraordinary than the ‘two hands’, the ‘fingers’, or the ‘eye’. The latter are familiar because they occur in the Quran, whereas the former causes misgivings only because it is not mentioned in the Quran. We nevertheless affirm them all without asking how and without assigning any limits.” Ibn Taymiyyah states in Bayan Talbis al-Jahmiyyah (6/373): “Throughout the first three generations there was no dispute among the salaf that the pronoun refers to Allah. This is widely transmitted through multiple routes from several Companions, and the overall context of the hadiths confirms it.” (1) MSS T and H add: “and the earth.” (2) Omitted in MSS T and H. (3) MSS T and H read: “in the Fire.” (4) MS H reads: “so it withdraws.” (5) From MSS T and H, whereas MS Q has: “and a group will emerge.” (6) Reports in Sahih Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, and other collections state that Allah will remove people from the Fire by His mercy without mentioning the ‘hand’. (7) MS T reads: “and the people of Paradise will look at His Face.” The editor notes that one copy likewise has: “the people of Paradise will look at His Face.” MS H gives the same reading.