yourselves, along with all others who affirm the divine attributes, concede that every existent can be perceived by the senses, and that whatever cannot be perceived by the senses is nonexistent. Many among the people of the Sunnah and hadith say that He can also be touched, and you mean that He can be perceived through the five senses. You establish this just as you establish that He has spatial location and magnitude. Yet knowledge of this did not depend upon knowing that He has spatial location and magnitude.

If you have said that He is described as more contemptible than an indivisible atom, then, if He cannot be perceived by the senses or pointed to, you must accept either that He is nonexistent or that He has spatial location and magnitude. If you say that He can be perceived by the senses, this invalidates your assertion here that He cannot be perceived by the senses or pointed to.

This objection raised by the disputant is commendable in sound reasoning and fair debate, for it exposes his opponent’s inconsistency and the weakness of