it must be judged in the same way as that thing.”’”

Ibn Fūrak said: “He then said in this chapter:

‘When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says, “I am light,” I say, “He is light,” as Allah, glorified and exalted be He, has said, whereas you say, “Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is not light.” Which of us, then, truly affirms this of Him—I or you? How can the truth of this be established except through what Allah, glorified and exalted be He, has told us? Whoever rejects what Allah, glorified be He, has said is a disbeliever in Allah, glorified and exalted be He. If we must refrain from saying that Allah is light because light is found among created things, then we must also refrain from saying that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is a thing, that He hears and sees, and that He exists, because these are also found among created things. What we mean by this is affirmation, whereas what you mean is negation.’

He said: ‘When we say that Allah is light, we mean that we affirm for Allah Most High the name “Light,” as conveyed in His Book, among the names by which we refer to Him. Thus, we follow what He has told us in His Book. If you allow that there can be a thing unlike other things, then we may say that He is light