but do not require it; some consign the meaning of the texts to Allah while denying these attributes, and some pass no judgment concerning them, whether by denial or affirmation. These same possible positions are also found among others.

As for his statement:

“They explicitly state: ‘We affirm this meaning of Allah in a manner unlike that in which it is affirmed of created beings.’”

There is no doubt that they affirm it [in this manner]; otherwise, this would entail likening Allah to His creation, which both reason and revelation deny. However, they do not say, “We affirm the meaning of limbs and organs.” Rather, they affirm the meanings indicated by the Quran, the Sunnah, and scholarly consensus.

His statement:

“Thus they affirmed for Allah a face unlike the faces of created beings, and a hand unlike their hands. It is well known that the hand and face, in the sense they have described, cannot be conceived or imagined. If affirming this contrary to conception and imagination is rationally intelligible, then what is implausible about saying that He, exalted is He,