This passage contains another statement that is pure denial of the divine attributes of the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and a denial of His existence in reality, which is the opposite of the first statement that preceded the first statement.

The Shaykh : This passage contains another statement that is pure denial of the divine attributes of the Lord (Mighty and Majestic) and a denial of His existence in reality, which is the opposite of the first statement that preceded the first statement. The first statement that preceded it says that He is with His essence in every place. This one says He is not within, nor outside, nor permanent, nor is He their essence, nor connected, nor separated from the created things. If someone were to ask: What is non-existence? You would not find a description more precise than this description. Therefore, their statement is considered a contradiction with their statement that Allah exists. How can you say Allah exists while He is described with these attributes? He is not within the world, nor outside of it, nor above it, nor below it, nor to the right, nor to the left, nor connected, nor separated. So where is He? He is non-existent. Therefore, their statement is considered contradictory or self-contradictory, because if they say He exists and then describe Him with these negations, this is pure negation and pure non-existence. But despite that, they say they worship a worshipped one whose location they do not know. They do not know if He is above or below. Rather, they believe that He is not above. They do not merely ignore this; they believe that He is not above, nor below, nor to the right, nor to the left, nor connected, nor separated. Yes, they believe that they worship this Lord. Yes, these are a group of the Jahmiyyah, specifically the later ones among them. And likewise, the Mu'tazilah say He is not within the world, and so on. The Jahmiyyah divided into two groups:
The first of them said the first statement, that He is with His essence in every place.
The second, the later ones, denied this and denied the divine attributes, saying: He is not within, nor outside. Well, why do you say this? They said: If we said He is above the heavens or upon the Throne, it would necessitate that He is a body, and Allah is free from bodies. Yes.