they are transmitted. Whoever does not accept them seeks to follow a path other than that of the believers. Allah said:

“and follows a path other than that of the believers, We will leave him to what he has chosen and consign him to Hell—what an evil destination!” {115} [al-Nisā’ 115]

One of them then said, “No; rather, we adhere to what is rational.”

We replied: “Here you have strayed from the straight path and entered a wilderness from which you have no escape. For what is rational is not something fixed and clearly defined for all people, such that they could confine themselves to it. Were it so, it would have brought people relief; we too would have adhered to it and gone no further. But Allah, Blessed and Exalted, said:

“Each faction rejoices in what it has.” {53} [al-Mu’minūn 53]

Thus we found that, for each faction, what is rational is what