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can only be dealt with by demonstration; but demonstration first requires
knowledge and since I have none, it is impossible to demonstrate. The disease
was baffling and lasted almost two months, during which I was skeptical though
not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me of the malady; my
being was restored to health and an even balance; the obviousness of the
intellect became accepted once more as I regained confidence in its certain and
trustworthy character.
This did not come about by systematic demonstration or argument, but by a
light which Allah the Most High put in my heart. That light is the key to the best
part of knowledge. Whoever thinks that the understanding of things Divine rests
upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the wideness of Allah‟s
Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him was asked about
“enlarging” (sharh) and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever Allah wills to guide
a man, He enlarges his breast to Islam” (Koran 6, 125) he said, “It is a light
which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When asked, “What is the sign
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knowledge and since I have none, it is impossible to demonstrate. The disease
was baffling and lasted almost two months, during which I was skeptical though
not in theory or outward expression. Allah finally cured me of the malady; my
being was restored to health and an even balance; the obviousness of the
intellect became accepted once more as I regained confidence in its certain and
trustworthy character.
This did not come about by systematic demonstration or argument, but by a
light which Allah the Most High put in my heart. That light is the key to the best
part of knowledge. Whoever thinks that the understanding of things Divine rests
upon strict proofs has just narrowed down his thought of the wideness of Allah‟s
Mercy. When the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him was asked about
“enlarging” (sharh) and its meaning in the verse, “Whenever Allah wills to guide
a man, He enlarges his breast to Islam” (Koran 6, 125) he said, “It is a light
which Allah the Most High casts into the heart”. When asked, “What is the sign
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