the one. Thus, they held that both kinds of limit apply to created beings, and affirmed such limits with respect to their end. Jahm therefore held that Paradise and Hell would cease to exist, while Abū al-Hudhayl held that all movements would cease. They maintained that neither kind of limit applies to the Creator, exalted is He: just as His existence has neither a beginning nor an end, so His essence can have no limit.

Their views and those of their followers then branched into various positions, as discussed above when their seven positions were cited: whether it should be said that He is infinite and is not a body, or that He is a body, or any of the other positions previously mentioned. It was also mentioned above that ‘Uthmān ibn Sa‘īd stated that the first to assert the absence of a limit