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[Clarification of What the Jahmiyyah Rejected Concerning Allah’s Being upon the Throne]
So we said to them, “Why do you deny that Allah is upon the Throne, when He, the Exalted, has said:
‘The Most Merciful rose over the Throne’ (Sūrah Ṭā Hā 20:5),
and He also said:
‘He created the heavens and the earth in six days; then He rose over the Throne’ (Sūrah al-Ḥadīd 57:4)?”
[بيان ما أنكرت الجهمية أن يكون الله على العرش]
فقلنا:
لِمَ أنكرتم أن يكون الله على العرش،
وقد قال تعالى:
{الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى}
[طه: ٥]
وقال:
{خَلَقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ}
[الحديد: ٤]
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