that they have believed in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you? They wish to seek judgment from false authorities, although they were commanded to reject them. And Satan wishes to lead them far astray.”

“And when they are told, ‘Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger,’ you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion.”

“How, then, will it be when a calamity befalls them because of what their own hands have done, and they come to you swearing by Allah, ‘We intended nothing but good and reconciliation’?”

For when these people are called to the Book Allah has revealed and to the Messenger—and calling them to him after his death means calling them to his Sunnah—they turn away, saying: “Through the path we have followed, we sought excellence in knowledge and practice, and reconciliation between rational and transmitted proofs.”

Moreover, most of these specious arguments that they call proofs were simply adopted on the authority of some false authority among the polytheists or the Sabians, or some of their heirs whom they were commanded to reject, such as so-and-so and so-and-so; or from others who expressed similar views, because their hearts resemble one another.

Allah Most High says:

“But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge in their disputes, then find within themselves no discomfort concerning your decision and submit fully.”

“Mankind was one community. Then Allah sent the prophets as bearers of glad tidings and warnings, and sent down with them the Book in truth to judge between people concerning their disagreements. And none differed over it…”—to the end of the verse.

This position necessarily entails that the Book is neither guidance for people, nor a clear exposition, nor a healing