Allah in the heavens and on the earth” [al-An‘ām 3], and

“No vision can encompass Him, but He encompasses all vision” [al-An‘ām 103].

He made these verses the foundation of his misguidance, interpreted the Quran contrary to its true meaning, and rejected the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He claimed that anyone who described Allah with anything with which He described Himself in His Book, or which His Messenger related about Him, was an unbeliever and one of those who liken Allah to His creation. Through his words, he led many people astray. Men from among the followers of Abū Hanīfah and the followers of Amr ibn Ubayd in Basra adopted his views, and he devised the religion of the Jahmiyyah.

When people ask them about the words of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, “There is nothing like unto Him” [al-Shūrā 11], they say, “Nothing among all things is like Him. He is beneath the seventh earth just as He is over the Throne. No place is without Him, and He is not in one place to the exclusion of another