Ибн Таймия
Ibn Taymiyyah criticised Ashari thought as (in the words of one historian, Jonathan A. C. Brown) "a Greek solution to Greek problems" that should "never" have concerned Muslims. Both Shah Wali Allah and Ibn Taymiyyah rejected the lack of literalism in Ashʿari "speculative theology" and advocated "straightforward acceptance of God's description of Himself".