Abū al-Hasan said: “After affirming that the Creator, exalted is He, is a body, they differed concerning His dimensions. Some said that He is a body present in every place and extending beyond all places, yet finite; His extent, however, is greater than that of the world, because He is greater than everything. Others said that His extent equals that of the world. Others said that the Creator, mighty and majestic is He, is a body with a measurable extent, but that we do not know how great that extent is. Others said that He, exalted is He, has the finest proportions, being neither huge and bulky nor small and stunted. Hishām ibn al-Hakam was reported to have held that the finest proportions are seven handspans, measured by His own handspan.”

He said: “Others said that the extent of the Creator, exalted is He, has neither end nor limit, and that He extends in all six directions: right, left, front, back