and he led many people astray. Men from among the followers of Abū Hanīfah and the followers of ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd in Basra adopted his teaching, and he established the religion of the Jahmiyyah. When people asked him what Allah’s words—mighty and majestic is He—‘There is nothing like Him’ [al-Shūrā 11] meant, he would say: ‘There is nothing like Him among all things. He is beneath the seven earths just as He is upon the Throne. No place is devoid of Him, nor is He in one place to the exclusion of another. He does not speak. No one beholds Him in this world, and no one beholds Him in the Hereafter. He is neither described nor known by any attribute or action