tanathur ) also gives the meaning of falling and scattering.

tanathur ) also gives the meaning of falling and scattering. Now we shall explain the relevant points of the noble tradition in a number of sections.

The Indescribability Of God It should be known that the indescribability of God, the Exalted, mentioned in this tradition refers to the characteristics of God given by some victims of ignorance and disputation from among the theologians ( mutakallimun ) and others, whose statements implied finitude ( tahdid ) and anthropomorphism ( tashbih ) or rather the very denial of the Divine Attributes ( tatil ) .

That such is the case is indicated by this phrase in the noble tradition, وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ.

I wrote: May God make me your ransom, if you consider it fit, write to me the correct doctrine of Divine Unity. He wrote back to me, “May God be merciful to you, you have questioned me concerning tawhid and the belief held by a group of people over there. Exalted is God, and there is nothing like Him, and He is the All-hearing and the All-seeing.