Asas al-Taqdis
Asās al-Taqdīs, also known as Ta'sis al-Taqdis is an Islamic theological book, written by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, as a methodical refutation of the Karramiyya and other anthropomorphists.
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi wrote this work to counter the book Kitab al-Tawhid composed by the ultra-traditionalist Ibn Khuzayma. He referred to Ibn Khuzayma as 'the corporealist'.
He said in the book's introduction that he dedicated it especially to the Just King and the brother of Saladin, Sultan Abu Bakr ibn Ayyub.
Content
The first part of the book opens with a categorical rejection of any corporeality regarding God, under the title of "Indications on God's Transcendence beyond Corporeality and on Him not Being Confined ". That is, in fact, his definition of anthropomorphism: al-Razi maintains that the one God is not present in a direction; He is not a space-occupying entity and is not a body, an assertion for which he provides proofs based on rational and textual evidence.Al-Razi raises numerous claims, which he then refutes. The claims he contradicts are namely those held by the corporealist Karramites and the ultra-traditionalists who affirmed God's direction and its veridical meaning. In his discussion al-Razi articulates the Ash'ari stance on this matter and explains the proper figurative interpretation, according to his opinion.