and benefits from it and from their turning to Him, while their disobedience to Him afflicts Him with incapacity.

He said: The Mu'tazilah differed concerning place. Some said that the Creator is not in any place; rather, He remains as He has always been. Others said that the Creator is in every place, meaning that He preserves all places, while His essence is also present in every place.

He also said: The Mu'tazilah differed concerning place. Some said that the Creator is in every place, meaning that He governs every place and that His governance extends to every place. Those who hold this view constitute the majority of the Mu'tazilah: Abū al-Hudhayl, the two Ja'fars