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As a matter of fact, scholastic philosophers headed by al• Jahm and his like, who formed but a microscopic minority in those days as compared to those who were given to the study of Traditions, looked down upon the science of Tradition as a whole and would tauntingly call the Traditionists hashwiyyah ("stuffed").
So uncompromising is al-jahm's opposition to God's possessing any attribute other than those above enumerated, that he declares that the Qur'an" is a created thing inasmuch as Kalani (Speaking) in its original and literal sense cannot be attributable to Him. He denies to God any attribute whatever that may be co-existent with, and apart from, Him. He says' that if God had any such attribute, it would be necessary for both His essence and the attribute to combine in order that He be complete.
Him. The reason why al-Jahm retains for God the above seven essential qualities only and rejects all the other anthropomorphic attributes is not very far to seek.
" Thereupon al-Jahm said: "In the same way God is believed to exist although neither His apearance is seen nor is His voice heard nor is His scent smelt.
Al-Jahm, like some of the Mu'tazilites, denies the existence of the balances1 for weighing in the next life the deeds of men, the punish• ment in the grave, the fact that Paradise and Hell have been created and the fact that the Prophet has bodily performed the Ascension to Heaven (Mi'raj).
Al-Jahm is further of opinion that after Paradise and Hell arc created on the day of Resurrection.