and that He alone possesses the perfection of His Names and attributes, is utterly distinct from His creation, established upon His Throne, and that the Quran is His speech, uncreated, wherever it is recited, memorised, or studied.

We further hold that Allah, exalted is He, took Abraham as an intimate friend (khalil) and likewise took our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as an intimate friend and beloved. The khulla granted to them by Him is contrary to what the Muʿtazilites claim—namely, that khulla signifies poverty and need.

He then said: Khulla and love are two attributes of Allah for which He is rightly described, and His attributes do not submit to human attempts at defining their modality or likening them to created things. As for the qualities of created beings—such as their love and khulla—their how can indeed be conceived, whereas the attributes of Allah the Exalted