concerning the falsehoods he attributed to Allah Most High regarding His oneness.” He said in it:

Chapter on the Limit and the Throne

“The opponent also claimed that He has no limit, no extent, and no end.”

He said: “This is the foundation upon which Jahm built all his errors and from which he derived his fallacies. We have not heard of anyone in all creation who made this statement before Jahm. One of those debating with him said to him: ‘I understand what you mean, you non-Arab! You mean that Allah Most High is nothing, for all creation knows that anything to which the word “thing” applies has a limit, an extent, and an attribute, whereas nothingness has no limit, no extent, and no attribute. A thing necessarily has attributes, and nothing can be described without a limit or an extent. When you say that He has no limit, you mean that He is nothing.’”

Abū Saʿīd said: “Allah Most High has a limit known to none but Him, and no