who combine denying that He is a body with affirming that He Himself is above the Throne.

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Al-Rāzī said: “If He were composed of limbs and organs, He would need an eye to see, a hand to act, and a foot to walk. This is incompatible with His being absolutely self-sufficient.”

I reply: He could have presented this argument under the name Allah, just as he presented it under the name al-Samad, for its substance is to argue against these attributes on the basis of the self-sufficiency indicated by His names. However, since it was of the same kind as the preceding argument, he mentioned it only under the name al-Samad, because it so clearly indicates self-sufficiency. We have already explained that the term “limbs”