Paradise, claiming that its inhabitants enjoy only delightful sounds and pleasant scents, together with the bliss experienced by their souls. Nevertheless, they acknowledge the resurrection of bodies together with souls, and their bliss and torment. Certain groups of disbelievers and others—Sabians, philosophers, and those who agree with them—acknowledge only the resurrection of souls, holding that bliss and torment affect souls alone. Other groups of disbelievers, polytheists, and others deny the resurrection altogether, acknowledging the resurrection of neither souls nor bodies. In His Book, through His Messenger, Allah Most High has explained the resurrection of souls and bodies and refuted the disbelievers and those who deny any part of it, with an explanation of the utmost completeness and perfection.
As for the hypocrites of this community who do not acknowledge the well-known wording of the Quran and Sunnah, they distort words from their proper meanings and say, “These are examples given to help us understand the spiritual resurrection.” These include the esoteric Qarmatians, whose doctrine combines the teachings of the Magians and the Sabians; the Sabian adherents of philosophy who profess Islam; and groups who resemble them: writers, physicians, theologians, or Sufis, such as the authors of Rasā’il Ikhwān al-Safā (Epistles of the Brethren of Purity) and others—or a hypocrite. All of these are disbelievers who must be put to death, by the consensus of the people of faith; for Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, has explained this fully and conclusively, leaving no excuse