and His words:

“When you meet a force, stand firm and remember Allah often.”
[Al-Anfāl 45]

And His words:

“There was certainly a sign for you in the two forces that met: one fighting in the cause of Allah and the other disbelieving.”
[Āl ‘Imrān 13]

And His words:

“If you believe in Allah and in what We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Decision—the day the two armies met.”
[Al-Anfāl 41]

His words:

“That he may warn of the Day of Meeting (15), the Day they will stand exposed.”
[Ghāfir 15–16]

also fall into this category according to most interpretations. Allah has also spoken of meeting the Day of Resurrection in His words:

“So leave them until they meet their Day on which they will be struck down.” (45)
[Al-Tūr 45]

And His words:

“So leave them to indulge in vain talk and play until they meet their Day which they are promised.” (83)
[Al-Zukhruf 83]
[Al-Ma‘ārij 42]

That being so, what he has stated may be addressed from several angles. First, he offers no answer to the argument that al-Mu’assis reports from his opponents: “Meeting is one of the attributes of bodies. One says, ‘The two armies met,’ when one draws close to the other in space.” For his statement, “Know that, since it has been established by proof that He, exalted is He, is not a body, the expression must be understood in one of two ways,” concedes to them that