says:

“Have you not seen that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on earth? There is no private conversation among three but that He is the fourth of them”

—meaning that Allah, through His knowledge, is the fourth of them—

“nor among five but that He is”

—through His knowledge—

“the sixth of them. Nor fewer than that nor more but that He is with them”

—meaning through His knowledge of them—

“wherever they may be. Then He will inform them of what they did on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, Allah has knowledge of all things.”

[al-Mujādilah: 7]

The statement opens with His knowledge of them and closes with His knowledge.

If a Jahmī says, “Allah Himself, in His majesty, is with us,” he is asked: “Does Allah forgive you concerning what is between Him and His creation?”

If he says, “Yes,” then he has asserted that Allah is separate from His creation and that His creation is below Him; and if he says, “No,”