There is no doubt that Shaykh al-Islām Abū Ismā'īl al-Ansārī, Abū al-Qāsim Sa'd ibn 'Alī al-Zanjānī, and others like them were among the most renowned Sufi shaykhs, held in the highest esteem by the Sufis themselves and the general public during the time of Abū al-Ma'ālī al-Juwaynī. Let one therefore consider what they wrote in their works.

For this reason, since this argument—which the Jahmī speculative theologians equated with religion itself, namely, the argument from accidents—in fact entails the Lord’s coming into being and the negation of Him—glorified and exalted is He, far above what the wrongdoers say—