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Reflect, then, on how the sound faiths—those of the believers, the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabians—originally had no Qadariyyah among them. Rather, the Qadariyyah arose from the two false faiths: those of the Magians and the polytheists. However, the Christians and those who resembled them inclined toward the Sabians, while the Jews and those who resembled them (1)
(1) A lacuna in the original.
فَتَدَبَّرْ كَيْفَ كَانَتْ الْمِلَلُ الصَّحِيحَةُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَاَلَّذِينَ هَادَوْا وَالنَّصَارَى وَالصَّابِئُونَ لَيْسَ فِيهَا فِي الْأَصْلِ قَدَرِيَّةٌ؛
وَإِنَّمَا حَدَثَتْ الْقَدَرِيَّةُ مِنْ الْمِلَّتَيْنِ الْبَاطِلَتَيْنِ:
الْمَجُوسُ وَاَلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا. لَكِنَّ النَّصَارَى وَمَنْ ضَارَعَهُمْ مَالُوا إلَى الصَّابِئَةِ وَالْيَهُودُ وَمَنْ ضَارَعَهُمْ
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