nor to the Companions and those who followed them in righteousness, and that Muhammad would recite the words of Allah, Exalted is He:

“The Most Merciful rose over the Throne.”
Tā Hā: 5

And His words:

“To Him ascends good speech.”
Fātir: 10

And His words:

“Rather, both His hands are outstretched.”
al-Mā’idah: 64

And other verses concerning the divine attributes. He would even say, “Our Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven,” and similar statements, while not knowing what these statements mean. Rather, the meaning they convey is known only to Allah. They suppose this to be the way of the early generations.

Second — The Method of Imputing Ignorance

These are the proponents of imputing misguidance and ignorance, whose position in reality amounts to saying:

The prophets are ignorant and misguided; they do not know what Allah intended in the verses and prophetic statements through which He described Himself.