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me returned to spreading knowledge in Naysabur (Nishapur) after a long interval. I am
proceeding to answer your request, for I recognize that your desire is genuine. In this I
seek the help of Allah and trust in Him; I ask His succor and take refuge with Him.
the religious leaders, with all the multiplicity of sects and variety of practices,
constitute ocean depths in which the majority drown and only a minority reach
safety. Each separate group thinks as the Koran indicates, that it alone is saved,
and `each party is rejoicing in what they have‟ (Koran 23, 55; 30:32). This is what
was promised by the master of the Messengers the praise and veneration of
Allah upon him, for he is the truthful and trustworthy, when he said,
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“My nation will be split up into seventy-three sects, and only one of them is
saved”
Which was reported by Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, and Tirmithi. And what
he foretold has indeed come about.
proceeding to answer your request, for I recognize that your desire is genuine. In this I
seek the help of Allah and trust in Him; I ask His succor and take refuge with Him.
the religious leaders, with all the multiplicity of sects and variety of practices,
constitute ocean depths in which the majority drown and only a minority reach
safety. Each separate group thinks as the Koran indicates, that it alone is saved,
and `each party is rejoicing in what they have‟ (Koran 23, 55; 30:32). This is what
was promised by the master of the Messengers the praise and veneration of
Allah upon him, for he is the truthful and trustworthy, when he said,
11
“My nation will be split up into seventy-three sects, and only one of them is
saved”
Which was reported by Ahmed, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, and Tirmithi. And what
he foretold has indeed come about.