does not know it. They go so far as to claim that the Sumanīs reject truths established by mass transmission, repeated experience, and self-evidence. This, however—and Allah knows best—is a misrepresentation of their position, just as these same people misrepresented the doctrine of the Sophists, claiming that a group of people deny the existence of any reality whatsoever. It is well known that no community possessing reason that distinguishes its members from the insane would make such a claim. Rather, sophistry may occur in certain matters and under certain circumstances. As some have explained, safsata (sophistry) is an Arabized word whose original form is