as for the second claimant he is a man in the islands of basra who claims divinity. he has legislated a dinar compiled a quran and appointed a man called ali ibn kahla. he claimed that he is of the same status as muhammad may god bless him and grant him peace and that he is his messenger to mankind. a group of fools about ten thousand souls have surrounded him and perhaps their number exceeds yours. he claims for himself infallibility and what is above it. so what is your response to a man from the shabasiyya who brings these introductions to this introduction then…
فأما المدعي الثاني فرجل في جزائر البصرة يدعي الربوبيه وقد شرع دينار ورتب قرآنا ونصب رجلا يقال له على بن كحلا وزعم انه بمنزلة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم وانه رسوله الى الخلق وقد احدق به طائفة من الحمقى زهاء عشرة الاف نفس ولعله يزيد عددهم على عددكم وهو يدعى لنفسه العصمة وما فوقها فما جوابكم عن رجل من الشاباسية يسوق هذه المقدمات الى هذه المقدمة ثم