Abū ‘Abd Allāh said:

When Ishāq ibn Ibrāhīm read the letter concerning the inquisition, he said to me, “You say, ‘There is nothing like Him.’” I replied to him:

“There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.” {11} [al-Shūrā 11]

He asked, “What did you mean by that?” I said, “The Quran is one of Allah’s attributes, by which He has described Himself. We neither deny nor reject that.” I said to him, “And those who liken Him to His creation—what