al-Sulamī and others like them—Allah forbid that they should adhere to this doctrine! Rather, they are among the groups furthest removed from the Jahmiyya’s doctrine of negating the divine attributes. How, then, could they follow the doctrine of the eternalists, who deny that the heavens will be rent and split asunder?

Certainly, among those who don the garb of Sufism are people who hold various kinds of beliefs, just as the same is found among philosophers, speculative theologians, and others who speak in the language of the jurists. And this