the Throne? Is it as when one says, “So-and-so settled on the couch,” so that the couch contains that person alone when he is upon it? Then you must say that the Throne contains Allah alone when He is upon it, because we cannot conceive of one thing being upon another except in this way.’

Chapter: Clarification of This Matter

He should be told:

As for your question, ‘How did He establish Himself?’—no ‘how’ applies to Allah. He has informed us that He established Himself over the Throne, but He has not informed us how He did so. Believers are therefore obliged to believe their Lord concerning His establishment over the Throne. He has forbidden them to describe how He established Himself, because He has not informed them how that is, nor have eyes seen Him in this world so that they might describe Him according to what they saw. He has forbidden them to speak about Him without knowledge. Thus they believed