Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari fima Nusiba ila al-Imam Abi al-Hasan al-Ash'ari (Arabic: تبيين كذب المفتري فيما نسب إلى الإمام أبي الحسن الأشعري, lit.

[3] The author gives a list of some seventy Ash'ari scholars divided into five classes (tabaqat), starting with the biographical layer of al-Ash'ari himself.

[5] Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari is a biography of Imam Al-Ash'ari, relaying his ancestry, his conversion from Mu'tazilism and his subsequent "middle position" creed, i.e.

Al-Ash'ari took the middle road and said: He can be seen without indwelling (min ghayri hulūl) and without acquiring limits nor being subject to modality.

Al-Ashʿari took a middle road between them and said: The Qur'an is the beginningless speech of Allah Most High unchanged, uncreated, not of recent origin in time, nor brought into being.

"[10]Al-Dhahabi said: "Whoever seeks to develop deep knowledge about al-Ash'ari must read Kitab Tabyin Kadhib al-Muftari by Hafiz Abu al-Qasim Ibn Asakir"[11] The book was also highly recommended and praised by the Shafi'i scholar Taj al-Din al-Subki (d.