1631: Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/02/07
“We say that God is seated on His Throne, as He has said, ‘The Merciful is seated on the Throne.’”
“Whosoever questions us and says, ‘Do you believe God has a face?’, the answer is: We believe it.”
“If we were asked, ‘Do you believe God has two hands?’, the answer is: We believe it.”
“The command of God is His word, and this makes it necessarily true that the Word of God is uncreated.”
“The Qur’ān is uncreated, because it is the Word of God and God does not say to His Word, ‘Be!’”
“It is impossible for the Word of God to be a word belonging to a created thing.”
“This proves that God is upon His Throne above the heaven.”
“We do not reach Him with the sight of the eyes … but that does not deny … those who have sight behold Him.”
“Muslims have agreed unanimously, namely, that what God wishes to be, is, and what He does not wish, is not.”
“God has taught His Prophet the religious laws … but He cannot teach him what He does not know.”
“The meaning of God’s words ‘before him whom I have created with My two hands’ is an assertion of the existence of two hands.”
“Work your works, for everyone does easily that for which he was created.”
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