a head, it may not be affirmed?

I say: Those who affirm the divine attributes and dispute al-Khattābī and his associates answer this in several ways. First, the argument he has presented would apply only if they said that He has an attribute that is a limit, as this critic of theirs imagined. No one has said this, nor would any rational person say it, for such a statement has no real meaning. Among the attributes ascribed to any entity—such as a hand or knowledge—there is no particular attribute called a “limit.” Rather, a limit (hadd) is that whereby a thing is distinguished from others in its attributes and extent, as is familiar from the use of this word with reference to existing things. Thus, one speaks of the definition (hadd) of a human being or of such-and-such a thing, meaning its distinguishing attributes. One also speaks of the boundary (hadd) of a house or garden, meaning its distinguishing sides and edges. This latter sense of the word hadd is more common in the language, in general usage, and similar contexts. And since the Jahmiyyah used to say