513 — Al-Firyābī informed us, saying: Ishāq ibn Mūsā narrated to us, saying: Abū Damrah Anas ibn Iyād narrated to us, saying: Abū Suhayl Nāfi ibn Mālik ibn Abī Āmir narrated to me that he said: Umar ibn Abd al-Azīz said to me, with his mouth directly to my ear, “What do you say concerning those who claim that there is no divine predestination?” I replied, “I believe they should be called upon to repent. If they repent, well and good; otherwise, I would have them beheaded.” Umar said, “That is the proper course concerning them. By Allah, had there been no proof but this single verse, it would have sufficed:

“Indeed, you and whatever you worship cannot tempt anyone away from Him except one who is destined to burn in the Hellfire.” [al-Sāffāt: 162]