Is there a contradiction between the statement of Al-Tabari: "For if one claims that His creation is within His essence, then he has necessitated that His essence is a locus for creation, and that is disbelief according to everyone," and the statement of Qadi Abdul-Wahhab regarding Al-Istawa' (God's 'settling' or 'establishing' Himself over the Throne): "Because that leads to movement, transformation, occupying space, and needing places, which ultimately leads to anthropomorphism and the eternality of bodies, and this is disbelief according to all Muslims," and the affirmation of optional active attributes? And what is the meaning of denying the indwelling of created events in Allah?

The intent of al-Tabari's statement is to refute the claim of the Quran being created, and that whoever claims the Quran was created within Allah's essence has committed disbelief. As for Qadi Abd al-Wahhab al-Maliki, his intent is to affirm Allah's "istiwa" (establishment) over the Throne by His essence, without affirming its modality. This does not contradict the affirmation of voluntary active attributes, such as "al-maji'" (coming). The disagreement regarding the affirmation of voluntary attributes is with the Jahmiyya and the Mu'tazila, and those who agreed with them among the people of ta'til (negation of attributes) who call it the issue of "hulul al-hawadith" (inherence of temporal occurrences). The Kullabiyya, Ash'aris, and Maturidis agreed with them in part by negating or interpreting these attributes.