The author of the book’ Al- Farq bayna Al- Firaq’ ,p.

The author of the book’ Al- Farq bayna Al- Firaq’ ,p.94, has reported from the Essays of at- Ka’by: " Indeed, the Mu’tazila had unanimously agreed that Allah, the Great and Almighty, is a thing not like things, He is the Creator of bodies and spirits, He has created what He created out of nothing, and men do their acts with the fate ,which Allah, the Glorified and Exalted, has created in them.” He said:” And they had unanimously agreed that Allah does not forgive him who commits great sins without repentance.’’ This is what at- Ka’by has reported about the common thought of the Mu’tazila.

We are satisfied with the above- mentioned text about their beliefs, and we are not concerning a thorough examination to put these words in the scales of criticism to know the correctness of what the author of the above- mentioned book has regarded as right towards this claim. Also this reason has summoned us to pass over what b. Harm, atShahristany, and the author of ‘Al- Farq bayan at- Firaq’ have attributed to them. Worth mentioning, they have said many ideas about them.

After this, we do not want to treat exhaustively the sects of that grouping and their peculiar beliefs, because the enlargement in such a matter will take us out…