and those who oppose me. My book is distinguished from all other works composed on this subject by three features. The first is its exhaustive treatment of questions and answers and its plumbing the depths of difficult problems, such that an adherent of any school may benefit more from this book of mine than from the books written by adherents of that school. For I have presented the essence of every discussion and the finest points of every inquiry. Indeed, whenever I found that a school’s adherents had no argument worth relying upon or considering in support of their school and the exposition of their position, I also devised arguments of my own that might serve to establish that position and formulate its case precisely. Nevertheless, in the end we refute every opinion and expose the falsity of every view except that adopted by Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamāʿah, demonstrating through brilliant proofs and compelling evidence that it is this