“and that a human being does not act upon anything other than himself, and performs acts only within himself, such as movement and rest, volition and knowledge, disbelief and faith; that he does not produce pain, perception, or vision; and that he produces nothing through indirect causation.”

He said:

“Barghūth inclined towards his position.”

He said:

“He claimed that Allah has always been generous, in the sense that miserliness is denied of Him, and has always spoken, meaning that He has never been incapable of speech; and that Allah’s speech is originated and created. On divine oneness, he held the position of the Mu‘tazilah, except regarding will and generosity. He differed with them concerning divine decree and held the Murji’ah position.

“He also claimed that it is possible for Allah to transform the eye into a heart and endow the eye with the heart’s faculty, so that a human being sees Allah with his eye—that is, knows Him through it. He denied that Allah could be seen with the eyes in any other manner.”