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literal sense and forbade their allegorical interpretation.
The advocates of this position are the Ash'arites.
The Mu'tazilites go further. They explain away the possibility
of seeing Allah and His being possessed of hearing and sight.
They also explain away the ascension (al mi'raj) of the
Prophet and claim that it had not taken place bodily, the punishment
of the grave, the balance, the Bridge, and other eschatological
representations. Nevertheless they confess the
resurrection of the body, Paradise with its food, perfume, and
sex as well as other sensual pleasures, and Hell with burning
fires which scorch the skin and melt the fat.
The philosophers (who invaded all the branches of today's Christianity)
go still further. They interpret all eschatological
The advocates of this position are the Ash'arites.
The Mu'tazilites go further. They explain away the possibility
of seeing Allah and His being possessed of hearing and sight.
They also explain away the ascension (al mi'raj) of the
Prophet and claim that it had not taken place bodily, the punishment
of the grave, the balance, the Bridge, and other eschatological
representations. Nevertheless they confess the
resurrection of the body, Paradise with its food, perfume, and
sex as well as other sensual pleasures, and Hell with burning
fires which scorch the skin and melt the fat.
The philosophers (who invaded all the branches of today's Christianity)
go still further. They interpret all eschatological