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authority (taqlidan). I have studied philosophy and I know that prophecy
actually exists and that its achievement is wise and beneficial. I see that the
acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common
people and restraining them from fighting and quarreling with one another
and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not one of the ignorant
common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On
9[11] cp. Encyclopedia of Islam, s.v. `Ibahiya’
the contrary I am one of the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly
(for myself) so that I do not require to follow authority‟.
This is the final word of the faith of those who study the system of the
theistic philosophers, as you may learn from the works of Ibn Sina and Abu
Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of
them reading the Koran, attending the Friday assembly and public Worship
actually exists and that its achievement is wise and beneficial. I see that the
acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common
people and restraining them from fighting and quarreling with one another
and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not one of the ignorant
common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On
9[11] cp. Encyclopedia of Islam, s.v. `Ibahiya’
the contrary I am one of the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly
(for myself) so that I do not require to follow authority‟.
This is the final word of the faith of those who study the system of the
theistic philosophers, as you may learn from the works of Ibn Sina and Abu
Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of
them reading the Koran, attending the Friday assembly and public Worship