Several distinct kinds of deviation appear in the analysis:
Shirk: assigning divine prerogatives to another being.
Tashbih: imagining God in anthropomorphic or corporeal terms.
Tahrif: distorting an inherited religious tradition through later alterations.
Rejecting resurrection: treating return to life after death as implausible.
Rejecting messengership: objecting to the possibility of a human messenger who receives revelation.
The text also identifies corrupt practices and invented forms of devotion. Each fault needs its appropriate response. An argument against anthropomorphism does not automatically answer an objection about resurrection.