that prevents them from seeing Him. They denied the Throne and that Allah is above it, and said that He is everywhere.” He went on to say: “The scholars explained ‘He is with you’ as meaning by His knowledge. Then reports established through mass transmission that Allah created the Throne and rose over it in His Essence. Thus He is above the Throne in His Essence, distinct from His creation and separate from them.”

And ‘Amr ibn ‘Uthmān al-Makkī, a companion of al-Junayd, said in his book