and al-Jubbā’ī. Some said: The Creator is not in a place; rather, He is as He has always been. This is the view of Hishām al-Fuwatī, ‘Abbād ibn Sulaymān, Abū Zufar, and others among the Mu‘tazilah.

He said: The Mu‘tazilah said concerning the words of Allah Most High, “The Most Merciful, over the Throne