and His words:

“They dispute concerning Allah, though He is tremendous in might.” [Al-Raʿd: 13].

And His words:

“Among the people are those who dispute concerning Allah without knowledge, guidance, or an enlightening Scripture.” [Al-Hajj: 8].

Among the things Allah has forbidden in His Book are division and disagreement, as in His words:

“Hold firmly to the rope of Allah, all together, and do not become divided”—up to His words:

“Do not be like those who became divided and disagreed after clear proofs had come to them. Those will have a tremendous punishment, on the Day when some faces will turn white and others will turn black.” [Āl ʿImrān: 103–106].

Ibn ʿAbbās said: “The faces of the people of the Sunnah and the Community will turn white, and the faces of the people of innovation and division will turn black.”

The Most High says:

“Indeed, those who divided their religion and became sects—you have nothing to do with them. Their affair rests only with Allah”—up to His words:

“Do not be among the polytheists—those who divided their religion and became sects.” [Al-Rūm: 30–32].

He has condemned those who divide and disagree in such verses as the words of the Most High:

“Those who were given the Scripture did not disagree until after knowledge had come to them, out of mutual envy.” [Āl ʿImrān: 19],

and in such verses as