 The various strands of Ibn Rushd’s conception of God are set out on one hand against Ibn Sīnā’s insufficiently Aristotelian philosophy, and on the other hand against Ashʿarite theology (kalām). His systematic examination of the Ashʿarites in al-Kashf establishes at length that their methods are sophistical and delusional, drawing on two basic resources: the intention of Islamic law and Aristotle’s philosophy (Arfa Mensia 2019). But even where Ibn Rushd is examining the mutakallimūn and offering rival interpretations of religious texts, it is not his intention to set philosophy at the service of any kind of theology. Instead these writings are more appropriately classified as philosophical considerations on religious texts and theological issues.