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unbelief, their denial of Allah‟s attributes, and their contempt for revealed truth;
he becomes an unbeliever merely by accepting them as authorities (bi’l-taqlid al-
mahd), and says to himself, `If religion were true, it would not have escaped the
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notice of these men since they are so precise in this science‟. Thus, after
becoming acquainted by hearsay with their unbelief and denial of religion, he
draws the conclusion that the truth is the denial and rejection of religion. How
many have I seen who err from the truth because of this high opinion of the
philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not
necessarily excel in every art. It⁻is not necessary that the man who excels in law
and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the man who is ignorant of
intellectual speculations should be ignorant of grammar. Rather, every art has
people who have obtained excellence and preeminence in it, even though
stupidity and ignorance may characterize them in other arts. The arguments in
he becomes an unbeliever merely by accepting them as authorities (bi’l-taqlid al-
mahd), and says to himself, `If religion were true, it would not have escaped the
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notice of these men since they are so precise in this science‟. Thus, after
becoming acquainted by hearsay with their unbelief and denial of religion, he
draws the conclusion that the truth is the denial and rejection of religion. How
many have I seen who err from the truth because of this high opinion of the
philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not
necessarily excel in every art. It⁻is not necessary that the man who excels in law
and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the man who is ignorant of
intellectual speculations should be ignorant of grammar. Rather, every art has
people who have obtained excellence and preeminence in it, even though
stupidity and ignorance may characterize them in other arts. The arguments in