wise and majestic in the true sense of analogy.”

He said: “They differed among themselves to such an extent that their inclinations became fragmented and their statements confused.” End quote.

He then mentioned many disputes among them, which this is not the place to discuss.

Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā'īl 'Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad al-Ansārī said near the end of his book Dhamm al-kalām (Censure of Speculative Theology), when he devoted a chapter to discussing