place.

As the well-known ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Yahyā al-Kinānī, an associate of al-Shāfi‘ī and author of al-Hayda (The Evasion), stated in his book Refutation of the Heretics and the Jahmiyyah:

“Chapter: The Jahmī’s assertion concerning the words of the Exalted: ‘The Most Merciful established Himself over the Throne (5)’ [Tā Hā: 5].

The Jahmiyyah claim that Allah’s words, ‘The Most Merciful established Himself over the Throne (5)’ [Tā Hā: 5], mean only that He took control, as when the Arabs say, ‘So-and-so established himself over Egypt,’ or ‘So-and-so established himself over Syria,’ meaning that he took control of it. This can be clarified by asking him: Can there be