some of them said that He is a body in His own place, yet extends beyond all places, though He has a fixed limit. He said: Others claimed that He extends infinitely in all six directions, yet is not a body. This, too, is a view that, to my knowledge, none of those who pray has professed, nor has there been anything of the kind. These are the views held within the Muslim community.

Al-Nawbakhtī said: The ancient philosophers held obscure and unclear views concerning the Creator. Their attention was devoted to matters other than religion, and most of their discussions concerned nature, the soul, the celestial sphere, generation and corruption, substances and accidents. Aristotle claimed, according to what we have read in Book Lambda, as explained by Themistius, that Allah, exalted is He,