is utterly false; only an ignorant person would accept it.

“As for his claim that ‘the Sustainer of all’ means one who neither leaves His place nor moves, this interpretation will not be accepted from you unless supported by an authentic report transmitted from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, or from one of his Companions or the Successors. For the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all, does whatever He wills: He moves when He wills, descends and ascends when He wills, contracts and expands, and stands and sits when He wills. For movement is the distinguishing sign between the living and the dead: every living being necessarily moves, and every dead being necessarily does not move. Who would heed your interpretation and that of your companion over the explanation given by the Prophet of mercy, the Messenger of the Lord of Might? He explained His descent clearly and explicitly and specified a particular time for it, leaving neither you nor your companions any ambiguity or obscurity concerning it.”

He said:

“Then the opponent summarized everything that the Jahmiyyah deny concerning the attributes of Allah Most High and His Essence, as named in His Book and in the reports of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He listed thirty-odd attributes in a single sequence, passing judgment on them and explaining them exactly as al-Marīsī had judged, explained, and interpreted them, word for word, contrary to what Allah intended and contrary to