They also revile a woman, saying, “ʿUqrā ḥulqā—may she be barren and choking,” yet Allah did not make her barren, nor did He strike her throat with any ailment.

Should someone ask us, “What, then, are the two hands mentioned here?” we reply, “They are the very two hands that people recognize.” Ibn ʿAbbās said about this verse the same thing: “The two hands are the two hands.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ likewise declared, “Both of His hands are right.” After all this, can anyone still turn those two hands into “one blessing” or “two blessings”? He has also said, “for what I created with My two hands” (38:75).

Accordingly, we affirm exactly what Allah Most High has stated and what His Messenger has conveyed; we do not feign ignorance, nor does our rejection of any anthropomorphic resemblance compel us to deny the attributes with which He has described Himself.