Nor is it admissible, either in classical Arabic or in the normal usage of its speakers, for someone to say, “I did such-and-such with my two hands,” while intending by it “my favor.” Since Allah addressed the Arabs in their own language, using expressions whose meanings are clear to them, and since no Arab would ever say, “I did it with my two hands,” while meaning “the favor,” it is therefore impossible that the words bi-yadayya (“with My two hands”) in the divine verse could mean “My favor.” He then presented an extensive discussion to prove this and related points.

[Al-Bāqillānī’s statement in Al-Ibānah]
Qāḍī Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī, the theologian, said: