glorified is their glory, forbade, just as they forbade total negation of attributes (ta'ṭīl).

And the Baghdadi Scribe said in verse:

“And transcend the One, the Unique, the Most High, above

Anthropomorphism [tashbīh], and the saying concerning Him that He is a body [jasad].”

Sheikh Mahmud Sulayman al-Khatib said in his commentary on this verse: "The Anthropomorphists (al-Mushabbihun) belong to the Attributists (al-Sifatiyyah)—those who assert the reality of created attributes to the Creator. Among them in this era is Is'af al-Nashashibi, who says: 'The hand of Allah is a hand in reality, and the eye of Allah is an eye in reality.' The Anthropomorphists constituted numerous factions during the early period of Islam.

The Anthropomorphists narrated from the Prophet, glorified is his glory, that he allegedly said: 'My Lord met me, shook my hand, faced me directly, and placed His hand between my shoulders until I felt the coldness of His fingertips.'

And they said: 'The eyes of Allah ailed, so the angels visited Him, and He wept over the flood of Noah until they became sore.'