This opponent is answered as follows: How often you slip in your own urine and plunge headlong into matters of which you have no knowledge! Tell me: if you claim that this was a form from among Allah’s creation, other than Allah, which came to him and said, “Do you know, O Muhammad, what the highest assembly is disputing about?”—do you dare allege that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—answered a form other than Allah, saying to it, “My Lord, I do not know,” thus calling it his Lord instead of Allah? Or did a created form come to him, and the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—say to it, “My Lord came to me”? This is indeed grave disbelief that you have imputed to the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace!

Tell me: could a form other than Allah place its fingertips and palm on the shoulder of the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and thereby cause all that lies between heaven and earth to become manifest to him? By making your claim, you have alleged that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—acknowledged the lordship of a created form other than Allah. For according to your narration, the form said to him, “Do you know, O Muhammad?” and he replied to it, “No, my Lord.” Could a created form possibly have said to him, “Do you know, O Muhammad?” and he have replied to it, “No, my Lord”? And could a created form possibly place its fingertips on the shoulder of