He said: What did you intend by it?
I said: The Qur'an is an attribute among the attributes of God with which He described Himself; we do not deny that nor do we reject it. I said to him: And what do the anthropomorphists say?
He said: Whoever says: A sight like my sight, and a hand like my hand.
And Ḥanbal said in another place: And a foot like my foot, then he has likened God Almighty to His creation, and this delimits Him, and this is evil speech, and this is delimited. I do not like speaking about this.
ʿAbdullāh said: Strip the Qur'an of any additions.
And the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: "He places His foot"(2).
We believe in it, and we do not delimit it, nor do we reject it against the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of God be upon him; rather, we believe in it. God Almighty said: {And whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you from, abstain} [Al-Ḥashr: 7]. For God, Mighty and Majestic, has commanded us to take what he brought, and to abstain from what he forbade. His names and His attributes are from Him, uncreated. We seek refuge in God from slipping, suspicion, and doubt. Indeed, He is capable of all things.
