believe that Allah Most High is above the Throne, however He wills and as He wills, without limit or any description that a describer could encompass, and no one can delimit Him.”

He said that Ahmad thus spoke without qualification on this matter, without specifying how He rises over the Throne. Elsewhere, he qualified his statement, saying, as reported by al-Marrūdhī: “It is related from Ibn al-Mubārak that he was asked, ‘How do we know Allah Most High?’ He replied, ‘Above the Throne