Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers Quotes

“After all, nothing can be demanded by a god of which nothing can be predicated and about which nothing can be said. It is a forever silenced god. It is the areligious philosophers’ preferred god (at least from the time of Aristotle); a god which is remote, detached, and can hardly be an object of adoration or worship, even though it may be an object of wonderment.”
― Hatem al-Haj, Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes

“We read in the introduction to Nihâyat al-Iqdâm fi ‘ilm al-Kalâm by al-Shahrastâni (rA) two verses highlighting the futility of speculative theology: I have made the rounds of the gatherings of the learned (ma‘âhid) And cast my eyes upon the haunts of erudition (ma‘âlim); Yet never did I see but men perplexed, with their chins in their hands Or gnashing their teeth in regret.[18]-[vii]”
― Hatem al-Haj, Between the God of the Prophets and the God of the Philosophers: Reflections of an Athari on the Divine Attributes