that those Qur'anic verses which mention physical attributes of Allah do not intend the affirmation of corporeality or limbs for the Creator. Rather, their interpretation and true intent is exactly as we have mentioned and seen; for they have deemed as a disbeliever and prohibited eating the slaughter of anyone who says: "Indeed, Allah is a body, or has a hand, a foot, a soul, or a mouth."

This matter is well-known even among those who oppose us from the People of the Literal Text (Ahl al-Zahir), who transcend the Creator above such attributes—except for the sect of the Anthropomorphists (al-Mushabbihun), whom everyone censures and whose adherents they deem disbelievers. For the author of the book The Compendium of Definitions (al-Kulliyyat) says when explaining the meaning of the face: "The face was linguistically established, in reality, for the specific physical limb, and it is impermissible to intend it in the right of He, the Exalted."

Following that, he lists the verses in which mention is made of physical organs and limbs, attempting to clarify them. For example, regarding the verse that states: “And I know not what is within Your soul,”