is an acknowledgment that something is true contrary to the judgments of mental conception and the dictates of imagination.”

The response is:

Are you reporting what they say, or seeking to compel them to say something they have not said?

If you are reporting their position, it is inappropriate to say that they must acknowledge this, for that is an argument that they are obliged to acknowledge it, not a report that they do acknowledge it. Moreover, these people are among those in the Muslim community who most emphatically deny these defects and imperfections, and deny any likeness or resemblance to Him—as indicated by the Quran, the Sunnah, and rational proofs. In denying any likeness to Him, they do not appeal to this flawed argument, which does not establish the denial of likeness without qualification. Rather, if made complete, it establishes only His freedom from certain defects and imperfections that would entail His nonexistence or the possibility of His nonexistence.

Thus, you have neither reported what they affirm concerning His freedom from imperfections nor supported that freedom with an argument that establishes it without qualification. Indeed, the argument by itself establishes none of it.

If, instead, you are seeking to bind them to the conclusion of this argument, such an argument can bind only someone who does not acknowledge its substance. Yet these people are among those who most emphatically affirm what this argument entails, and the obligation to exalt Allah, glorified be He, and declare Him holy and free from these things and others, as is known through revelation and reason. It is well known that, when an opponent’s acknowledgment of the point at issue is among the most evident of matters, his acknowledgment is established