as having likened Allah to His creation and as one who affirms such likeness. We affirm similarity between Him and His creation only in certain matters and attributes, for we believe that, although He is a body, He differs from all other bodies in His essence and reality. It is therefore established that labeling this group “those who liken Allah to creation” is a lie and a falsehood. This, in summary, is their argument on this subject.

He said: Know that the substance of our response is that we have demonstrated in the first section of this book that bodies are identical in their entire essential nature. Thus, if the Creator were a body, He would necessarily be identical to these bodies in His entire essential nature, and affirming likeness would then be an inevitable consequence. But since no proof establishes that things equal in