the result of the disagreement among the later generations and their insistence on it, unlike the disagreement of the predecessors, which had no negative impact on the community. Therefore, they are safe from being included in the verses that prohibit division in religion—unlike the later generations. May Allāh guide us all to His straight path. If only the harm of their mentioned disagreement was confined to themselves and did not extend to others from the community of invitation, then the matter would be somewhat less severe. However, unfortunately, it extended to others, including disbelievers in many countries and regions, who were deterred from entering the religion of Allāh in groups because of their disagreement. It is mentioned in the book "Ẓalām min al-Gharb" by the esteemed Muḥammad al-Ghazālī (p. 200) as follows: (During the conference held at Princeton University in America, one of the speakers raised a question—often raised among Orientalists and those concerned with Islamic matters—he said: (By which teachings do Muslims present themselves to the world to define the Islam they are inviting to? Is it by the teachings of Islam as understood by the Sunnis, or by the teachings as understood by the Shīʿah, whether Imāmīyah or Zaydīyah? Furthermore, each of these groups is different among themselves, and some may think about an issue with limited progressive thinking, while others think with old, rigid thinking. In summary, those inviting to Islam leave the invitees in confusion because they themselves are in confusion)