Although those who deny the divine attributes do not believe that this entails denying the divine essence, that is nevertheless an inevitable consequence of their position. Yet they contradict themselves.

Hence, none of them is free of some form of polytheism. This is inevitable because their affirmation of Allah’s oneness—the means by which they escape polytheism—is deficient.

The point is that the answer to this question is found in the revealed teachings of Islam. The answer is as follows:

Allah has explained which attributes belong to Him and what He is exalted above. He has affirmed attributes of perfection for Himself and denied attributes of imperfection.

Someone who asks a question using the word “body” should therefore be asked: What do you mean by this word? Do you mean that He is of the same kind as any created thing? If that is what you mean, Allah Most High has explained in His Book that He has no likeness, no equal, and no rival. He says:

“Is He who creates like one who does not create?” [al-Nahl: 17].

The Quran thus indicates that nothing resembles Allah in His essence, His attributes, or His actions. If, by the word “body,” you mean something that entails Allah’s resemblance to any created thing, then Allah is exalted above that, and your answer is found in the Quran and Sunnah.

Since Allah is not of the same kind as water, air, the spirit breathed into us, angels, or the celestial spheres, then it is all the more certain that He is not of the same kind as the human body, its flesh, sinews, bones, hands, feet, face, or any of its other limbs and parts.

Such notions and the like, which may be termed likening Allah to creation and attributing corporeality to Him, are all