Allah upon the Throne [is upon the Throne], and whatever there is of Allah in Paradise is in Paradise, whatever there is of Allah in Hell is in Hell, and whatever there is of Allah in the air is in the air.’

At that point, their lies about Allah became apparent to the people.”

We shall later cite what “Abū Bakr ibn Fūrak” reported from “Abū Muhammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sa‘īd ibn Kullāb,” the leading authority for the speculative theologians who affirm the divine attributes—the Ash‘arīs and others like them—such as