then we say that it involves His moving from the place where He is. A group of our companions, however, said: ‘He descends without moving from His place, however He wills.’ He said: ‘The correct view is what we have stated, and nothing else.’”

He said: “The Muʿtazilites have rejected the very basis of ‘this question,’ saying: ‘He does not descend or move, nor does He depart from His place; He is everywhere, as He has always been.’”

He said: “This shows their reprehensible ignorance of the explicit wording of the reports.”

He cited some of the hadiths transmitted on this subject, then said: