Adam has no superiority over Iblīs in this respect. Yet Allah, Mighty and Majestic, used this argument against Iblīs precisely to show him Adam’s superiority in this respect. What we have said therefore demonstrates that when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said, “I created with My two Hands” [Sād 75], He did not mean “My two blessings.”

They should also be asked, “Why do you deny that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, meant by ‘My two Hands’ two hands that are not two blessings?”

If they say, “Because, if the two hands are not a blessing, they can only be bodily members,” they should be asked, “Why have you concluded that, if a hand is not a blessing, it can only be a bodily member?”

If they say, “We referred to what is observable and to the created things we find among us, and found that, if it was not