Thus, Jahm ought to have said to them: “If you mean that I myself must perceive my God, then even according to you, a person need not deny what he has not personally perceived. If you mean that it must be possible to perceive Him, then my God can be seen and His speech can be heard. If you mean that some human beings must already have known Him through sense perception, then, although this is not necessary, some of the messengers have heard His speech—hearing being one of the senses—and, according to many proponents of affirmation, some of them have also seen Him.”

He should also have said to them: “Do you mean that He