A person may reckon a certain proposition to be sound when it is, in reality, unsound; consequently he must embrace the conclusions that follow from it, and so his corrupt beliefs multiply. It was through this very doorway that the Qarmatian esoterics, the philosophers, and others of their ilk insinuated themselves among various groups of Muslims. They said to the Muʿtazilites, “Did you not agree with us to negate the divine attributes for fear of resemblance and corporealism?” The Muʿtazilites replied, “Yes.” Whereupon they retorted, “Then the same objection applies to you in your affirmation of the divine Names …”