say, ‘Dāwūd al-Jawāribī described the Lord and disbelieved through his description. Al-Marīsī refuted him and disbelieved through his refutation when he said, “He is in everything.”’”

Abd al-Rahmān said: Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Fadl al-Sudā’ī narrated to us, saying: Nuaym ibn Hammād said: “Whoever likens Allah to His creation has disbelieved, and whoever denies what Allah has described Himself with has disbelieved. There is no likening of Allah to His creation in the descriptions given by Allah of Himself or by His Messenger of Him.”

Abd al-Rahmān said: Ahmad ibn Salama narrated to us, saying: “I heard Ishāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn