For he, Allah purified his person—despite being the infallible Cherubim—did not answer these questions with anything from himself, but rather answered with his saying: "And his saying: 'Is He a thing or no thing?' We said: He is a thing just as He named Himself by His, the Exalted's, saying: {Say, "What thing is greatest in testimony?" Say, "Allah is witness between me and you"} 1
So he made it known to us that He is a thing unlike things. And his saying: "Is He a body or an accident?" We said to him: He is as He described Himself by His, the Exalted's, saying: {Everything is perishing except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned} 2
And His saying: {And Allah warns you of Himself} 3
And His saying: {And that you would be brought up under My Eye} 4