then he should have presented the other interpretation as an objection and answered it. That would not make the surah both unambiguous and ambiguous so as to warrant its inclusion in both categories.

Second, this interpretation is reliably transmitted from the Companions and Successors, and has also been reported as a statement of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, with firmer support than what he cited.

Imam Abū Bakr ibn Abī 'Āsim said in his book al-Sunnah, in the chapter “The Lord’s Lineage—Blessed Be His Name”:

Abū Kāmil al-Fudayl ibn Husayn narrated to us: Abū Sa'd al-Khurāsānī narrated to us: Abū Ja'far al-Rāzī narrated to us, from