and on the assertion that there do in fact exist discrete particles and that all of them are identical. The great majority of rational thinkers dissent from this.

The point, then, is that they brand as “anthropomorphism” (tashbīh) whatever they themselves deem to be “corporealism” (taj­sīm) on the assumption that all bodies are alike, whereas the Affirmers challenge them on that very premise—just as the Rafidites label a person a “Nāṣib” merely because he shows loyalty to Abū Bakr and ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them).