and he himself stated that this was why he pursued the sciences of the ancient Sabian philosophers. The foundational doctrines of the heretics are based on what they took from these Sabians and from the Magians. These Sabian innovators maintain that the world is begotten of Allah, while the Magians assign Him a partner in His creation. Both groups are thus described by the words of Allah, Exalted is He:

“Yet they have made the jinn partners with Allah, although He created them, and have falsely attributed sons and daughters to Him without knowledge.”
[al-An‘ām 100]

“And say, ‘Praise be to Allah, who has never taken a son and has no partner in His dominion.’”
[al-Isrā’ 111]

He is the One, the Eternal Refuge, who neither begets nor is born, and to whom none is comparable. The Magians make Iblīs, the source of darkness, a partner of the light in creation, thereby making the jinn partners with Him.

This is not the place to discuss this at length. We merely point out that, since the Book of Allah is a call addressed to all creation, it contains a detailed explanation of everything, and it is