[al-Mulk 16]

He said: If He were everywhere, He would be inside a person’s belly and mouth, in latrines, and in places one would rather not mention. He would necessarily increase as places increased, whenever He created places that had not previously existed, and diminish as they diminished, whenever existing places ceased to exist. It would also be valid to turn to Him in supplication toward the earth, behind us, to our right, and to our left. Yet Muslims unanimously affirm the contrary and judge anyone who says this to be mistaken.

Abū al-Hasan al-Ashʿarī said: They should be asked, “Why do you deny that Allah meant, by His words ‘with My two hands,’ two hands that are not two favors?” If they say: