It has become a riddle only because you witness a man who appears able yet is helpless, one who is given support yet is held back; you see a resolute person kept from his due, while an incapable one is provided for; a brave man abandoned, and a coward granted victory; an intelligent man whom no one consults or employs in their affairs, and a worthless, rash fellow who is never left idle. You may also find two scholars, nearly equal in knowledge and religious insight, standing as adversaries while differing: one declares pure abandonment—that everything is left to chance—whereas the other upholds pure compulsion. This one is a Harūrī (Kharijite), and that