among the attribute-denying Sabian philosophers, the predecessors of Abū Maʿshar, al-Rāzī, and their like—such as Nimrod son of Canaan and his people, the enemies of Abraham (peace and blessings be upon him) and his followers, and the allies of Abū Maʿshar’s circle; and such as Pharaoh, the enemy of Moses (to whom the Most Merciful, Mighty and Majestic, spoke), and his followers, and the allies of the attribute-denying Jahmīs and those included in their ranks, such as the monists and the Qarmatians.