Likewise, He has described Himself as wrathful, saying, “Allah became wrathful with them and cursed them” (48:6); and He has described His servant as angry, in His words, “When Moses returned to his people, angry and grieved” (7:150). Yet His wrath is not like their wrath.

He has also described Himself as having risen over His Throne, mentioning in seven verses of His Book that He rose over the Throne. And He has attributed rising to some of His creatures over something else, as in His words, “so that you may sit upright upon their backs” (43:13); His words, “Then, when you and those with you have settled on the ship” (23:28); and His words, “and it settled upon Mount Judi” (11:44). Still, His rising is not like their rising.

In the same way, He has described Himself as spreading out two hands, saying, “The Jews said, ‘Allah’s hand is shackled.’ May their own hands be shackled, and may they be cursed for what they have said. Rather, both His hands are outstretched—He bestows”