And it came in The Treatise of the Foundations (al-Usus): The questioner said, after a lengthy discussion: "Is it permissible for the Creator to be embodied like the physical bodies of creation?" The Scholar, glorified is his glory, said: "No."
And within it, the Scholar, glorified is his glory, said:
"He is not outside the definition of physical bodies (hadd al-ajsam)."
Sheikh Husayn Ahmad, Allah sanctified his secret, explained this statement in the treatise The Necklaces of Pearls (Qala'id al-Durar), saying: "The statement of al-Usus that 'He is not outside the definition of physical bodies' applies to manifestation and existence, not to substance (al-jawhar) and quality (al-kayfiyyah)."
And it came in The Treatise of Divestment (al-Tajrid):
"Abu al-Haytham asked 1 : 'Were you physical bodies?' He said: 'Far be it from Allah! Indeed, Allah possesses a governance over us by which He directs us, and He makes us manifest to creation as apparitions (ashbāḥ) with Him in the