and you say that His elevation consists solely in power. For someone who says that He is sometimes elevated in His very essence above the world and sometimes not elevated, but instead to the right, to the left, or otherwise—while remaining elevated in power in both states, as you affirm—ascribes perfection to Allah more fully than you do. He affirms for Him the elevation that you affirm, and goes beyond you by affirming for Him an elevation that constitutes perfection, which you have not affirmed.

Moreover, despite this, when he describes Him—and goes beyond you by affirming for Him something constituting perfection which you have not affirmed—moreover, despite this, when he describes Him in a way implying that the elevation of the direction is more perfect than He is, such as allowing that He might not be elevated at certain times, he is in a better position than you. You therefore cannot invalidate his position by establishing the correctness of your own. If His elevation in His very essence above the world is not an attribute of perfection, then it cannot rightly be said that the elevation of the direction is more perfect than His elevation, for superiority in perfection presupposes sharing