Responding to a popular claim of the Mujasima, who argue that reason has no place in religion, and that rationalizing theology is contrary to what revelation teaches.
The Trinity
Christians claim that the single God exists as three distinct persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Muslims claim that this belief is false because several absurdities follow from it.
Al-Razi: Challenge to the Mujasima
In his Tafsir of the Quran, Imam Fakhr Al-Deen Al-Razi raises a question to the Mujasima and challenges them to answer it.
The Incarnation of the Immutable God
Christians claim that Jesus is God, who entered the world to die for the sins of man. Muslims claim that this is a false belief, because this is a change on the part of God, and it is rationally impossible for a beginningless being to change.
Abd Al-Qahir: the Sophists
The term “sophist” is used to refer to a person who argues using premises that he himself knows are false. Imam Abd Al-Qahir Al-Baghdadi briefly responds to the three major ‘schools’ of sophistry.