created things are preserved, untouched by disorder or corruption. Were the Creator subject to error, heedlessness, inadvertence or forgetfulness, created things would fall into disorder.

He, glorified be He, has drawn attention to this meaning in several verses of His Book. The Most High says:

‘Indeed, Allah holds the heavens and the earth lest they cease to be. And if they should cease, no one could hold them after Him.’
[ Fātir: 41 ]

The Most High also says:

‘Preserving them does not tire Him, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.’
[al-Baqarah: 255]”

He said:

“If it is asked, ‘What do you say about the attribute of corporeality? Is it among the attributes that revelation explicitly denies of the Creator, exalted be He? Or is it among those about which it remains silent? Or does it neither explicitly deny nor affirm it, but explicitly state things which, at first glance, entail it—that is, corporeality?’

We reply: It is clear that this attribute is among those about which revelation remains silent, and revelation comes closer to explicitly affirming it than to denying it. This is because revelation