“My father said:

"They [the Muʿtazilah] used against me the ẓāhir (apparent meaning) of the Qurʾān, to justify their [kufr] beliefs after he, the Muʿtazilī, said: 'I see that you adhere to ḥadīth.'””

“922 - Hanbal ibn Isḥāq said:

It was said to Abū ʿAbd Allāh:

"What is the maʿnā (meaning) of: 'And He is with you'?"

He replied:

"His ʿilm (knowledge)—His ʿilm encompasses everything, while our Rabb is over the ʿArsh, without ḥadd (limit) or ṣifah (aspect describing modality).”

—Narrated by al-Lālakāʾī.”