and claim that he said no more than ‘A body unlike other bodies,’ intending thereby only to affirm His existence and that He is light, in accordance with the words of the Most High:

‘Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.’ [al-Nūr 35]

They deny that He has spatial dimensions, can be measured in cubits or handspans, or has defined limits.”

He said: “I have heard this from more than one of those among them who profess the belief that He is a body, and they debated us on this basis.”

I have found the matter to be as al-Warrāq reported. Some have also attributed the belief that He is a body to Abū Ja‘far al-Ahwal, known as Shaytān al-Tāq (the Devil of al-Tāq), whom