So if the Quran contains the teachings of the Scriptures, how could it fail to contain these matters? This general point has been explained in detail elsewhere. Indeed, it has been demonstrated elsewhere that the paths followed by the people of innovation among the philosophers and speculative theologians do not lead to knowledge and certainty. Rather, those who follow them ultimately attain nothing but doubt and misguidance. Their foremost experts have acknowledged this, including Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Rāzī, may Allah have mercy on him, in several places in his writings. In one of them, he says:

“I have reflected upon the works of speculative theology and the philosophical methods, but I have not found them to heal the ailing or quench the thirsty. I have found that the most direct path is the way of the Quran. For affirmation, I read:

‘The Most Merciful rose over the Throne. (5)’ [Tā Hā 5]

And:

‘To Him ascends good speech, and righteous work raises it.’ [Fātir 10]

For negation, I read:

‘There is nothing like Him.’ [al-Shūrā 11]

‘They do not encompass Him in knowledge. (110)’ [Tā Hā 110]

Whoever has experienced what I have experienced will know what I know.”

He said this toward the end of his life, in his final work. He frequently contradicts himself: he states an opinion, then retracts it, and in another work says