As for his statement, “Whatever is conceived in the mind, He is other than it,” this is ambiguous. Its correct meaning is that the servant cannot conceive of the Lord’s true reality: whatever someone conceives of and believes to be the Lord’s true reality, Allah is other than that. The false meaning would be that everything the servant conceives of and understands is contrary to the truth. That is not so.

As for his statement, “How can what He originated dwell in Him, or what He brought into being return to Him?”, this too is ambiguous. Someone who says that the Quran is created and that Allah created it separate from Himself might say something like this: “The Quran neither dwells in Him nor subsists in His essence, for it originated from Him; nor does it return to Him, because He brought it into being.” The claim that Allah’s speech is created and separate from Him is false. It is the hallmark of the Jahmiyyah and, in reality, amounts to denying the messengers.

Likewise, his statement, “Eyes do not behold Him,” may suggest that seeing Him with one’s eyes is impossible. That is not so. Rather, seeing Him with one’s eyes is possible, and on the Day of Resurrection the believers will see Him directly, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, although their sight does not encompass Him.

As for his statement, “Conjectures do not confront Him,” this is among the ambiguous expressions.

His statement, “His nearness is His honoring, and His distance is His humiliating,” must be rejected.

First, he has described Him as distant, whereas Allah is not described as distant, although He is described