He said: The sixth sect of the Rāfidah claim that their Lord is neither a body nor a form, does not resemble anything, neither moves nor is at rest, and does not come into contact with anything. They adopted the position of the Mu‘tazilah and the Khawārij on divine oneness. These are among their later adherents; their earliest adherents held the views we have related, likening Him to created beings.

Abū al-Hasan said: The Rāfidah differed over the bearers of the Throne: do they bear the Throne or the Creator—exalted and holy is He? They form two sects. One sect, known as the Yūnusiyyah, are the followers of Yūnus ibn