men among the followers of Abū Hanīfah and the followers of ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd in Basra. He established the religion of the Jahmiyyah. When people ask them about Allah’s words, ‘There is nothing like Him’ [al-Shūrā 11], they say: ‘Nothing among all things is like Him. He is beneath the seventh earth just as He is above the Throne. No place is devoid of Him, nor is He in one place to the exclusion of another. He has not spoken and does not speak. No one sees Him, either in this world or in the Hereafter. He is neither described nor known by any attribute or act. He has neither limit nor endpoint and cannot be comprehended by reason. He is entirely face, entirely knowledge, entirely hearing, entirely sight, entirely light, and entirely power. He is not described by two distinct attributes (in another copy: “He is not two distinct things”). He has no upper or lower part, no sides or flanks, no right or left. He is neither heavy nor light, nor does He have any color