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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 representations as allegories denoting mental and spiritual pain, and mental and
spiritual
delight. They deny the resurrection of the body but believe in the immortality of the soul and that
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 representations as allegories denoting mental and spiritual pain, and mental and
spiritual
delight. They deny the resurrection of the body but believe in the immortality of the soul and that