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Al-Rāzī said:

“Fourth: His saying, Exalted is He:

‘And He is with you wherever you are’ [al-Hadīd 4],

and His saying:

‘And We are closer to him than his jugular vein’ (16) [Qāf 16].

He, Exalted is He, also said:

‘There is no private conversation among three but He is their fourth’ [al-Mujādilah 7].

Every rational person knows that what is meant is nearness through divine knowledge and power.”

I say: In this argument, he mentioned both the expression “being with” and the expression “nearness,” but offered an interpretation only of “nearness.” In the sixth argument, he cited His saying:

“And We are closer to him than his jugular vein” (16) [Qāf 16],

alongside His saying:

“Wherever you turn, there is the Face of Allah” [al-Baqarah 115].

That verse is analogous to this one, not to that one. Then he mentioned the ninth argument, the last of the arguments drawn from the Quran: He said