Most High. When He wishes to bring something about, He enters one of His creatures and speaks through that creature’s tongue, commanding whatever He wills and forbidding whatever He wills. He is a spirit hidden from sight.

Jahm then devised a similar argument and said to one of the Sumaniyyah, “Do you not maintain that there is a spirit within you?” He replied, “Yes.” Jahm asked, “Have you seen your spirit?” He replied, “No.” He asked, “Have you heard it speak?” He replied, “No.” He asked, “Have you sensed or touched it?” He replied, “No.” Jahm said, “Likewise, no face of Allah can be seen, no voice of His can be heard, and no scent of His can be detected. He is hidden from sight and is not in one place rather than another.”

He found three ambiguous verses in the Quran:

“There is nothing like Him.”
[al-Shūrā 11]

“He is Allah in the heavens and on earth.”
[al-An‘ām 3]

“No vision can encompass Him.”
[al-An‘ām 103]

He based his entire theological discourse on these verses, interpreted the Quran contrary to its true meaning, rejected as false the hadiths of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—and claimed that whoever described