or from establishing on its authority that “hand” means “favor.” For if, in interpreting His words “with My two Hands” as “My two favors,” he appeals to consensus, the Muslims are not agreed on what he claims. If he appeals to linguistic usage, his claim is that the meaning is “My two favors”—that someone’s words “with my two hands” mean “my two favors.” If he resorts to a third approach, we shall question him about it, and he will find no way to establish it.

The people of innovation are asked: “Why do you claim that His words ‘with My two Hands’ mean ‘My two favors’? Do you base this claim on consensus or linguistic usage?” They will find support for it in neither consensus nor linguistic usage. If they say, “We say this on the basis of