Among the second rank were: Yahya ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Himmani; Aththam ibn Ali al-Amiri; Uthman ibn Zufar; Ali ibn Hakim al-Awdi; Abu Bakr and Uthman, the two sons of Abu Shayba; Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Numayr; Ubayd ibn Ya'ish; Hannad ibn al-Sari; Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Aban al-Ju'fi; Abu Kurayb Muhammad ibn al-Ala al-Hamadhani; Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari; Yahya ibn Talha ⦗308⦘ al-Yarbu'i; Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj; Abu Hisham al-Rifa'i; Sufyan ibn Waki'; Abd Allah ibn Abi Ziyad al-Qatawani; Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Tha'labi; Ibrahim ibn Abi Bakr ibn Ayyash; Fadala ibn al-Fadl al-Tuhawi; Wasil ibn Abd al-A'la; Ubayd ibn Asbat; Isma'il ibn Bahram; Ahmad ibn Jawwas al-Hanafi, Abu Asim; Harun ibn Hatim al-Muqri; Harun ibn Ishaq al-Hamdani; al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn al-Aswad al-Ijli; ⦗309⦘ Muhammad ibn Khalaf al-Taymi al-Muqri; Zakariyya ibn Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'ida; Abu Shayba Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Shayba; and Ahmad ibn Hazim ibn Abi Gharaza.
482—They all said: “The Quran is the uncreated speech of Allah. Whoever says that it is created is a disbeliever.”