and their purpose in using the term “ambiguous” is to ensure that what the wording indicates is not believed; instead, it is either disregarded or assigned another meaning far removed from what the wording indicates. Likewise, the Qadariyyah among the Mu‘tazilah and others regard all the verses concerning divine decree as ambiguous, while they regard the verses concerning commands as clear.

If each group calls ambiguous what another calls clear, then his designation of these passages as ambiguous is simply another of his claims, and a distinction must be drawn between the clear and the ambiguous. He addresses this later, so we shall defer discussing it until its proper place, for the point here is not to concede his designation of all these verses