any unqualified statement that Allah Most High is in the world, in creation, or in every place, whereas both do state that the soul is in the body. Drawing an analogy between the two is therefore among the gravest fabrications and lies against Allah and His Messenger. This is the fabrication of Jahm and his like.

Moreover, Abū Hāmid, along with those he follows among these Sabian philosophers, holds that Allah Most High is not in any part of the world at all—as is also the position of the adherents of the Sunnah, and as is held by the philosophers. They also hold that He is not above the world. Thus, according to them, the soul cannot be either within the body or above it. Consequently, it would be incorrect to say that it is in the body, since this would mean either that it resides within it or that it is upon it, as in the words of Allah Most High:

“I will surely crucify you on the trunks of palm trees.” [Tā Hā 71]

The twenty-third argument: Allah Most High says:

“O tranquil soul (27), return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing to Him (28). Enter among My servants (29), and enter My Paradise (30).” [al-Fajr 27–30]

He thus commands it to return to its Lord, Allah. This affirms its movement and its reaching Allah, both of which