Moreover, he quotes the poems of as-Sahib therein.

Moreover, he quotes the poems of as-Sahib therein.[^9] * * * * * In issues of theology, it is necessary to distinguish between those which touch directly upon belief, and those, which do not, such as those issues, which come under the heading of the latif (refinements) of kalam.

Our Shaykh al-Mufid cites many of these kinds of elaborations at the end of his Awailu 'l- maqalat.[^10] My goal in this introduction is limited to stating that the Imamiyyah did not take their beliefs from the Mu‘tazilah, and that anthropomorphism and corporealism did not reign over them for a single day prior to their contact with the Mu‘tazilah.

As for being influenced in issues like these, or being influenced in the type of demonstration used in issues connected with them, I do not rule it out; rather, there is much evidence for its occurence, but there was a two-way influence. What is most distressing is the…