the animals.”

He said: “The sixth sect claim that their Lord is neither a body nor a form, does not resemble anything, neither moves nor is at rest, and is not in contact with anything. Regarding divine oneness, they adopted the position of the Muʿtazila and the Khawārij.”

He said: “These are among their later adherents. Their early adherents, however, held the views likening Allah to His creation that we have reported of them.”

I say: He has thus reported two positions held by the corporealists, one being that He is not described in terms of length, breadth, or depth. These people put forward three positions. The first is that this means that He exists. They do not hold that the Creator, exalted is He, has parts fitted together or portions joined to one another. They claim that Allah, glorified and exalted is He, is established over the Throne without modality.