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`I have some experience in medical and astronomical (or astrological)
matters, and have found some points in the science true; as a result belief in it
has become firmly settled in me and my heart has lost all inclination to shun it
and look askance at it; prophecy however, I have no experience of; how shall
I know that it actually exists, even if I admit its possibility‟?
I reply: `You do not confine yourself to believing what you have experience
of, but, where you have received information about the experience of others,
You accept them as authorities. Listen then to the words of the prophets, for
they have had experience, they have had direct vision of the truth in respect
of all that is dealt with in revelation. Walk in their way and you too will come
to know something of that by direct vision‟.
Moreover I say: `Even if you have not experienced it, yet your mind judges
it an absolute obligation to believe in it and follow it. Let us suppose that a
man of full age and sound mind, who has never experienced illness, now falls
ill; and let us suppose that he has a father who is a good man and a
competent physician, of whose reputation in medicine he has been hearing as
long as he can remember. His father compounds a drug for him, saying, `This
will make you better from your illness and cure your symptoms‟ What
judgment does his intellect make here, even if the drug is bitter and
disagreeable to the taste? Does he take it? Or does he disbelieve and say, `I
do not understand the connection of this drug with the achieving of a cure; I
have had no experience of it‟. You would certainly think him a fool if he did
that! Similarly people of vision think you a fool when you hesitate and remain
undecided‟.
You may say: `How am I to know the good will of the Prophet, peace be
upon him and his knowledge of this medical art‟? I reply: `How do you know
the good will of your father, seeing this is not something perceived by the
senses? The fact is that you have come to know it necessarily and indubitably
by comparing his attitude at different times and observing his actions in
various circumstances‟.
If one considers the sayings of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him
and what is related in Prophetic Sayings about his concern for showing
people the true way and about his graciousness in leading men by various
acts of sympathy and kindness to improve their character and conduct and to
better their mutual relations leading them to the indispensable basis of all
betterment, religious and secular alike, if one considers this, one comes to the
obvious knowledge that his good will towards his people is greater than that of
a father towards his child.
Again, if one considers
matters, and have found some points in the science true; as a result belief in it
has become firmly settled in me and my heart has lost all inclination to shun it
and look askance at it; prophecy however, I have no experience of; how shall
I know that it actually exists, even if I admit its possibility‟?
I reply: `You do not confine yourself to believing what you have experience
of, but, where you have received information about the experience of others,
You accept them as authorities. Listen then to the words of the prophets, for
they have had experience, they have had direct vision of the truth in respect
of all that is dealt with in revelation. Walk in their way and you too will come
to know something of that by direct vision‟.
Moreover I say: `Even if you have not experienced it, yet your mind judges
it an absolute obligation to believe in it and follow it. Let us suppose that a
man of full age and sound mind, who has never experienced illness, now falls
ill; and let us suppose that he has a father who is a good man and a
competent physician, of whose reputation in medicine he has been hearing as
long as he can remember. His father compounds a drug for him, saying, `This
will make you better from your illness and cure your symptoms‟ What
judgment does his intellect make here, even if the drug is bitter and
disagreeable to the taste? Does he take it? Or does he disbelieve and say, `I
do not understand the connection of this drug with the achieving of a cure; I
have had no experience of it‟. You would certainly think him a fool if he did
that! Similarly people of vision think you a fool when you hesitate and remain
undecided‟.
You may say: `How am I to know the good will of the Prophet, peace be
upon him and his knowledge of this medical art‟? I reply: `How do you know
the good will of your father, seeing this is not something perceived by the
senses? The fact is that you have come to know it necessarily and indubitably
by comparing his attitude at different times and observing his actions in
various circumstances‟.
If one considers the sayings of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him
and what is related in Prophetic Sayings about his concern for showing
people the true way and about his graciousness in leading men by various
acts of sympathy and kindness to improve their character and conduct and to
better their mutual relations leading them to the indispensable basis of all
betterment, religious and secular alike, if one considers this, one comes to the
obvious knowledge that his good will towards his people is greater than that of
a father towards his child.
Again, if one considers