helping him against Pharaoh.

He said: When the argument against the Jahmī became clear concerning his claim about Allah, mighty and majestic, that He is with His creation, he said, “He is in everything, without being in contact with it or separate from it.”

We said, “If He is not separate from it, is He not in contact with it?” He could not give a proper answer, so he said, “Without a ‘how.’” With this phrase he deceived the ignorant and confused them.

We said to him, “On the Day of Resurrection, will there not be only Paradise, Hell, the Throne, and the air?”

He said, “Yes.”

We said, “Then where will our Lord be?”

He said, “He will be in everything, just as He was when this world existed.”

We said, “According to your doctrine, then, whatever of Allah is above the Throne is within the Throne; whatever of Allah is in Paradise is in Paradise; whatever of Allah is in Hell is in Hell; and whatever of Allah is in the air is in the air.”

At that point, their lies about Allah, mighty and majestic, became evident to the people.