and they affirm knowledge, power, life, hearing, sight, magnificence, majesty, greatness, will, and speech as attributes of Allah, Exalted is He. They say that Allah’s names and attributes are not to be described as other than Him. Nor should it be said that His knowledge is other than Him, as the Jahmiyyah maintain, or that His knowledge is identical with Him, as some of the Mu‘tazilah maintain. They hold the same position concerning the other attributes. They do not say that knowledge is power, nor do they say that it is other than power.

They maintain that the attributes subsist in Allah, and that Allah has always been pleased with those whom He knows will die as believers, and wrathful toward those who will die as disbelievers. His position concerning friendship, enmity, and love is likewise. He maintained that the Quran is Allah’s speech, uncreated. His position concerning divine decree is as we have related from Ahl al-Sunnah and the scholars of hadith. The same applies to his position concerning those who commit major sins, and likewise