The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Six: Devil's Deception ef those from Our Ummah
guidelines of Shari'ah, and their minds surrendered to the fact that
there was a divine wisdom above.
Section Two:
[Islamic texts and applied to tangibles]
Some people, such as I:lisham Ibn'l-lakam, 1Ali Ibn Mansur,
Mu}:iammad Ibn Khalil and Yiinus Ibn 1Abdu'l-Ra}:iman, contemplated
verses from the (Islamic) texts and applied them to tangibles.
This led them to claim that Allah was a body.
Followers of this doctrine disputed among themselves; some said:
'Allah was a body just like other bodies.' Others said that He was a
body unlike other bodies and their disputations went further - some
said that He was light, and others said that He was like a white bar,
and that His height was seven hand spans using His own hand.
I used to wonder where they got this limit of seven hand spans,
but later realised that a human is seven hand spans tall using his own
hand span.
In fact I:lisham Ibn'l-l:lakam in a single year changed his opinion
(regarding Allah's nature) five times. One of his opinion was that
Allah was a clear crystal, and that He only knew His own nature.
It has been established that "howness" can only be attributed to
things that are members of a group of one kind. Allah is not a
member of any of such groups.
Al-Niibakhti said: Muqatil Ibn Sulayman, Nu1aym Ibn I:Iammad
and Dawiin Al-l:lawari believe that Allah has an image and limbs. I
wonder! Do these people affirm that Allah has a foot? And why do
they not allow for Allah to become sick or die just as they allow it for
humans?
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