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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Uyun Akhbar Ar-Ridha Volume 1 Chapter 12: A Session of Al-Ridha’ (a.s.)’s Debate With The Prominent Theologians From Among The Rhetoricians And The Various Religions 12-1 Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Ilaqi - the jurisprudent from Qum - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Sadaqa al-Qumi quoted on the authority of Abu Amro ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Ansari al-Kajji, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Nowafali al-Hashemi, When Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha’ (a.s.) went to see Al-Ma’mun, Al-Ma’mun ordered Al-Fadhl ibn Sahl to summon the prominent theologians from among the rhetoricians and the religions such as al-Jaseliq (the Catholic Archbishop), the High Rabbi, the Hindu High Priest, followers of Zoroaster,[^1] Nestus the Roman medical scientist, and the rest of the غَيْرُ الْمَبْرُوءِ وَلَوْ حُدَّ لَهُ وَرَاءٌ إِذاً حُدَّ لَهُ أَمَامٌ وَلَوِ الُْتمِسَ لَهُ الَّتمَامُ إِذاً لَزِمَهُ النُّقْصَانُ كَيْفَ يَسْتَحِقُّ الأَزَلَ مَنْ لا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْحَدَثِ وَكَيْفَ يُنْشِىُ الأَشْيَاءَ مَنْ لا يَمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الإِنْشَاءِ إِذاً لَقَامَتْ فِيهِ آيَةُ الْمَصْنُوعِ وَلَتَحَوَّلَ دَلِيلاً بَعْدَ مَا كَانَ مَدْلُولاً عَلَيْهِ لَيْسَ فِي مُحَالِ الْقَوْلِ حُجَّةٌ وَلا فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ عَنْهُ جَوَابٌ وَلا فِي مَعْنَاهُ لَهُ تَعْظِيمٌ وَلا فِي إِبَانَتِهِ عَنِ الْخَلْقِ ضَيْمٌ إِلا بِامْتِنَاعِ الأَزَلِيِّ أَنْ يُثَنَّى وَمَا لا بَدْأَ لَهُ أَنْ يُبْدَأَ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ كَذَبَ الْعَادِلُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَضَلُّوا ضَلالاً بَعِيداً وَخَسِرُوا خُسْرَاناً مُبِيناً وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ.