'History of the imâms and seyyids of 'Omân by Salîl-ibn-Razîk, from A.D. 661-1856; translated from the original Arabic, and edited with notes, appendices, and an introduction, continuing the history down to 1870, by George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S., late chaplain in the Presidency of Bombay.' [‎251] (412/612)

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reply, 'Abdu-'l-'Aziz said to him, ' By Allah !—and there is
no other but He,—the youth has vanquished you and stopped
your mouth ; for if you say that it is distinct, you are a liar,
for a distinct religion cannot reach us except through an
apostle sent to that end, and there has been no such apostle
sent since Muhammad, the Apostle of God. On the other
hand, if you say that it is an additional link, you are an in
novator, since he who adds creed to creed cannot be regarded
in any other light, and is in the darkness of error. The
religion of God is one, not many, and one of your calibre
should not have attempted to ply the learned with your
speculative opinions: you have smitten a hard rock with
your glass, and have imitated the walk of the blind in your
aberrations. As to you, ye learned men of el-Hasa, may
God recompense you ! you are far removed from all doubt,
and have no sympathy with the doctrine of Tashrtk. If you
remain with us, you shall be valued and respected; but if
you prefer to return, you are free to return in peace/ We
all told him that we preferred the latter alternative, and wo
accordingly left him the same day. On reaching el-Hasa
we found that the Mutawaah of the Wahhabis had become
more tyrannical, even towards those who had submitted to
them, to say nothing of their outrageous conduct towards
those who refused to recognize their devilish and sophistical
pretensions; so we left the place with a heavy heart, and
were not quieted until we found security in Maskat of
'Oman." Here the sheikh ended his narrative; after which
we discussed the lives of the four Khalifahs, namely, Abu-
Bekr, 'Omar, 'Othman and 'Aly, in the course of which dis
cussion the sheikh Muhammad-ez-Zuwany made the follow
ing remarks : " I am astonished at those people who believe
that 'Othman-bin-'Affan abstracted some portions from the
exalted Kuran, out of envy, and because he was not dis
tinguished by those characteristics which no one in the
world, high or low, has been endowed with since the Apostle