He said: “Some said that the object of their worship is space—a body in which things reside, having neither limit nor end. These, then, are the two groups.”

He said: “Others said that He is a body devoid of all the attributes of bodies: He is neither long, broad nor deep, and is not described as having colour, taste, tactile quality or any other bodily attribute. He is neither within things nor on the Throne, except in the sense that He is above it without touching it. He is above things and above the Throne, and there is nothing between Him and things beyond the fact that He is above them.”

He said: “Hishām ibn al-Hakam said that his Lord is in every place