And their specious objection is that all of the well-known imams affirm Allah’s attributes, declare that the Qur’an is the speech of Allah and therefore uncreated, and state that Allah will be seen in the Hereafter. This, they say, is the creed of the Companions and of the Successors who followed them with excellence, whether from the Prophet’s household or from others.

He then said on p. 80:

“The point here is that Ahl al-Sunnah are unanimously agreed that ‘There is nothing like unto Him’—not in His essence, not in His attributes, and not in His actions. Yet the term tashbīh (likening) as used by people is an ambiguous word. If, by denying tashbīh, one intends what the Qur’an itself denies and what sound reason confirms, then this is correct, for none of the Lord’s unique qualities resembles anything in the created realm in any of His attributes.
But if by tashbīh one means that no attributes at all are to be affirmed for Allah—so that it would not be said that He has knowledge, power, or life because the servant is also described by these attributes—then it would follow that we could not say that He is Living, Knowing, or Powerful merely because the servant is called by the same names. The same would apply to His speech, hearing, sight, vision, and so forth. Yet these very people agree with Ahl al-Sunnah that Allah exists and is Living, Knowing, and Powerful, while a creature can likewise be described as existing, living, knowing, and powerful; and no one claims that this common wording amounts to a resemblance that must be denied.”