the Mu‘tazilites and guided him to spread his defense of Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamā‘ah, he rose to prominence and his books became widely circulated after 300 AH. He lived until 324 AH.” He said:

“As for the titles of the books he composed up to 320 AH, he listed most of them in his book on vision, which he called al-Samad.” He then mentioned al-Fusūl, al-Mūjaz, and others.

He then said:

“He lived on after that until the year [three hundred and] twenty-four AH, and composed books during that time.” He listed some of them.

After quoting Ibn Fūrak’s account, Ibn ‘Asākir said:

“This concludes Ibn Fūrak’s list of his works. Some works have come into my possession