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(c) They say that the world is everlasting, without beginning or end. But
no Muslim has adopted any such view on this question.
On the further points-their denial of the attributes of Allah, their doctrine
that Allah knows by His essence and not by a knowledge which is over and
above His essence, and the like-their position approximates to that of the
Mu‟tazilah; and the Mu‟tazilah must not be accounted infidels because of
such matters. In my book, The Decisive Criterion for distinguishing Islam
from Heresy, I have presented the grounds for regarding as corrupt the
opinion of those who hastily pronounce a man an infidel if he deviates from
their own system of doctrine.
5. POLITICS. All their discussion of this is based on considerations of
worldly and governmental advantage. These they borrow from the Divine
scriptures revealed through the prophets and from the maxims handed
down from the saints of old.
6. ETHICS. Their whole discussion of ethics consists in defining the
characteristics and moral constitution of the soul and enumerating the
no Muslim has adopted any such view on this question.
On the further points-their denial of the attributes of Allah, their doctrine
that Allah knows by His essence and not by a knowledge which is over and
above His essence, and the like-their position approximates to that of the
Mu‟tazilah; and the Mu‟tazilah must not be accounted infidels because of
such matters. In my book, The Decisive Criterion for distinguishing Islam
from Heresy, I have presented the grounds for regarding as corrupt the
opinion of those who hastily pronounce a man an infidel if he deviates from
their own system of doctrine.
5. POLITICS. All their discussion of this is based on considerations of
worldly and governmental advantage. These they borrow from the Divine
scriptures revealed through the prophets and from the maxims handed
down from the saints of old.
6. ETHICS. Their whole discussion of ethics consists in defining the
characteristics and moral constitution of the soul and enumerating the