for their denial of Allah’s knowledge and power.

Allah Most High said: “He has sent it down with His knowledge.” [al-Nisā’ 166]

And He, glorified is He, said: “No female conceives or gives birth except with His knowledge.” [Fussilat 47; Fātir 11]

He mentions knowledge in five places in His Book, saying, glorified is He: “But if they do not respond to you, then know that it was sent down with Allah’s knowledge.” [Hūd 14]

And He, glorified and exalted is He, said: “They encompass nothing of His knowledge except what He wills.” [al-Baqarah 255]

He Most High also mentions strength, saying: “Did they not see that Allah, who created them, is greater than them in strength?” [Fussilat 15]

And He, glorified is He, said: “The Possessor of Strength, the Ever-Firm.” {58} [al-Dhāriyāt 58]

And Allah Most High said: “And the heaven We built with strength.” [al-Dhāriyāt 47]”

He said: “The Jahmiyyah and the Dariyyah claimed that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has neither knowledge nor life, neither hearing nor sight. They wished to deny that Allah is knowing, powerful, living, hearing and seeing. Fear of the sword, however, prevented them from openly declaring this, so they expressed its meaning instead. For when they say that Allah has neither knowledge nor power, they have thereby said that He is neither knowing nor powerful; this consequence necessarily follows from their position. They took this only from the people of heresy and denial of the divine attributes, for many heretics said that He is neither knowing nor powerful, neither living nor hearing nor seeing. The Muʿtazilah were therefore unable to state openly