whatever its plain wording seems to contradict, do not hold to the plain wording. Scrutinize those texts: whatever agrees with the standard of your intellects, embrace it as doctrine; and whatever does not, either suspend judgment concerning it or reject it.

[The Splitting of the Ummah and the Saved Sect]:
Moreover, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) has informed us that his community will divide into seventy-three sects,