to adopt idol worship as their religion was that people in ancient times followed the doctrine of those who liken Allah to creation and believed that the God of the universe was a great light. Having adopted this belief, they fashioned an idol—the largest of their idols—in the form of the deity, and other idols, smaller than that one, in the form of the angels. They devoted themselves to worshipping these idols, believing that they were worshipping the deity and the angels. Thus, the religion of idol worship is, as it were, an offshoot of the doctrine of those who liken Allah to creation.

Know that many of these people deny the possibility of either movement or rest for Allah, Exalted is He. As for the Karrāmiyyah, they do not ascribe organs or limbs to Him; rather, they say that He is located specifically above the Throne. Furthermore,