وأمّا المجسّمة ففعلوا مثل ذلك في إثبات الجسميّة، وأنّها لا كالأجسام. ولفظ الجسم له يثبت في منقول الشرعيّات. وإنّما جرّأهم عليه إثبات هذه الظواهر، فلم يقتصروا عليه، بل توغّلوا وأثبتوا الجسميّة، يزعمون فيها مثل ذلك وينزّهونه بقول متناقض سفساف، وهو قولهم «جسم لا كالأجسام
The anthropomorphists (mujassimah) did something similar in affirming that God has a body but not one like (ordinary human) bodies. The word body is not used in connection with (God) in the Muslim religio-legal tradition, but they were emboldened in their statement by the fact that they affirmed the (literal) existence of these plain statements. They did not restrict themselves to them, but went deeper into the matter and affirmed the corporeality (of God). They assumed something like (what has just been mentioned) concerning (the meaning of corporeality). They (wanted to) free (God from human attributes) by the contradictory, nonsensical statement, A body not like (ordinary human) bodies