the discussion requires mentioning some of them, so attention will be drawn to them. One such instance concerns this author’s own school—Abū al-Hasan al-Ash‘arī and his followers. All their early scholars and all their leading imams agree that Allah is above the Throne. They reject what this author and a group associated with him, such as Abū al-Ma‘ālī and Abū Hāmid, have advanced, whether denying this or reinterpreting Quranic verses—for example, his claim that “then He rose” means “He took dominion.” I have previously quoted