radiant and gleaming white, and that He has five senses like those of a human being: His hearing is distinct from His sight, and likewise His other senses are distinct from one another. He has a hand, a foot, an ear, an eye, a nose, and a mouth, and black hair reaching His earlobes.”

Abū al-Hasan said: “Among those who attribute corporeality to Allah are some who deny that the Creator is a form.”

Abū Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Mūsā al-Nawbakhtī wrote in his Book of Opinions and Religions—he was among those who followed the doctrine of