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and, as He also said: “Rather, both His hands are outspread” (1); that He has two eyes, without asking how, as He said: “sailing under Our eyes” (2); and that He has a face, as He said: “Yet there will remain the Face of your Lord, full of majesty and honor” (3).

They held that one must not say of Allah’s names that they are something other than Allah Himself, as the Muʿtazilah and the Khawārij claimed. They affirmed that Allah possesses knowledge, as He said: “He sent it down with His knowledge” (4), and as He said: “No female conceives or gives birth except with His knowledge” (5).

They affirmed hearing and sight for Allah and did not deny them, as the Muʿtazilah did; and they affirmed strength for Allah, as He said: “Have they not seen that Allah, Who created them, is mightier than they in strength?” (6).

They said that no good or evil occurs in the earth (7) except by what Allah wills, and that all things come to be by the will of Allah Most High, as He said: “You do not will except that Allah wills” (8); and, as (9) the Muslims say: “Whatever Allah wills happens, and whatever He (10) does not will does not come to pass.”

They said that no one is able to do anything before He brings it into existence, or to be

(1) Surah al-Ma’idah 5:64. In manuscript S: “bal yudān …” (a scribal error). (2) Surah al-Qamar 54:14. (3) Surah ar-Raḥmān 55:27. (4) Surah an-Nisā’ 4:166. (5) Surah Fāṭir 35:11. (6) Surah Fuṣṣilat 41:15. (7) Originally “min khayr wa shar” (“of good and evil”). This reading is confirmed in S, T, and al-Maqālāt. (8) Surah at-Takwīr 81:29. (9) Originally “wa mā” (“and what”). In S and T: “wa lammā.” Al-Maqālāt retains “wa mā.” (10) In manuscript T: “wa lam.”

وكما قال: {بَلْ يَدَاهُ مَبْسُوطَتَانِ} (١) ، وأن له عينين بلا كيف، كما قال: {تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا} (٢) ، وأن له وجهًا، كما قال: {وَيَبْقَى وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ} (٣) . وأن أسماء الله لا يقال: إنها غير الله، كما قالت المعتزلة والخوارج وأقروا أن لله علمًا كما قال: {أَنْزَلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ} (٤) وكما قال: {وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَى وَلَا تَضَعُ إلا بِعِلْمِهِ} (٥) . وأثبتوا السمع والبصر، ولم ينفوا ذلك عن الله، كما نفته المعتزلة وأثبتوا لله القوة، كما قال: {أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً} (٦) . وقالوا: إنه لا يكون في الأرض من خير ولا شر (٧) إلّا ما شاء الله، وإن الأشياء تكون بمشيئة الله تعالى، كما قالت: {وَمَا تَشَاءُونَ إلا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ} (٨) ، وكما (٩) قال المسلمون: ما شاء الله كان وما لا (١٠) يشاء لا يكون. وقالوا: إن أحدًا لا يستطيع أن يفعل شيئًا قبل أن يفعله، أو يكون

(١) سورة المائدة، الآية: ٦٤. في س: (بل يدان. .) وهو خطأ من الناسخ. (٢) سورة القمر، الآية: ١٤. (٣) سورة الرحمن، الآية: ٢٧. (٤) سورة النساء، الآية: ١٦٦. (٥) سورة فاطر، الآية: ١١. (٦) سورة فصلت، الآية: ١٥. (٧) في الأصل: من خير وشر. والمثبت من: س، ط، والمقالات. (٨) سورة التكوير، الآية: ٢٩. (٩) في الأصل: وما. وفي س، ط: ولما. والمثبت من: المقالات. (١٠) في ط: ولم.