and a deviance (1) from the Quran and from what the Muslims have unanimously agreed upon (2).
They claimed that they alone possessed power over their own actions, independent of their Lord, and they affirmed (3) for themselves a self-sufficiency (4) vis-à-vis Allah. They even credited themselves with a capacity they were unwilling to ascribe to Allah, just as the Magians attributed to Satan a power over evil that they did not acknowledge for Allah—Exalted and Glorified. Hence they became the Magians of this ummah: they embraced the Magian creed, clung to its statements, and inclined toward its delusions.

They drove people to despair of Allah’s mercy, cut them off from His relief (5), and judged that the sinners would be consigned to the Fire and remain there forever (6), contrary to Allah’s words:

“He forgives whatever is less than that for whomever He wills.” (7)

They further alleged that whoever enters the Fire will never leave it, in opposition to the report from the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—that Allah will bring out of the Fire a group of people after they have been severely burnt therein and turned as black as charcoal (8).