Some opponents invoke scriptural terms that, when applied to creatures, commonly concern limbs, place or bodily movement. They then transfer those creaturely implications to God. The disagreement concerns not merely the existence of the text but how its meaning is determined.
واحتج المخالف بالنصوص الظاهرة في الجهة والجسمية والصورة والجوارح
The opponent appealed to texts apparently relating to direction, corporeality, form and limbs.
The Qur’anic expression الرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَىٰ (20:5) occurs in this debate. Accepting the verse is distinct from positing a creaturely location or manner of sitting for God.