and sleep, and so forth. This provides a principle for distinguishing between those names and attributes of Allah that are mentioned without qualification and those mentioned only with qualification—whether paired with something else or in refutation of someone who falsely describes Allah. Thus:

“Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Might, above what they attribute to Him. {180} And peace be upon the messengers. {181} And all praise is for Allah, Lord of all worlds. {182}” [Al-Sāffāt 180–182]

It should also be understood that when someone advocating falsehood wishes to deny what the Quran affirms or affirm what it denies, he does not directly contradict the Quran’s wording unless he is exceedingly ignorant. An example is a Jahmī who objects to stating without qualification that Allah spoke directly to Moses, or that “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne” {5} [Tā Hā 5], and similar statements. He may say, “I objected to its unqualified use only because the speaker intended a false meaning,” when the speaker intended nothing other than what Allah and His Messenger intended.

Some cannot prevent the wording from being used, so they allow variations found in another text and those necessarily entailed by this text. For example, someone might say that one may say, “The Most Merciful rose over the Throne” {5} [Tā Hā 5], but not “Allah” or “the Lord”