except as Allah has described them. It cannot mean two blessings, because a person cannot say, “I worked with my two hands,” while meaning “my two blessings.” Neither we nor our opponents allow it to mean two bodily limbs. Nor, according to our opponents, can it mean two powers, since they do not affirm even one power; how, then, could they affirm two?

Once these three interpretations are shown to be invalid, the fourth is established: the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, “with My two Hands” affirm two Hands that are neither two powers, nor two blessings, nor two bodily limbs. They may only be described by saying that they are two Hands unlike other hands, excluding all three interpretations mentioned above.

Moreover, if His words “with My two Hands” meant “My two blessings,” then there would be