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philosophers. They are unable to satisfy the conditions of proof they lay
down in logic, and consequently differ much from one another here. The
views of Aristotle, as expounded by al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, are close to
those of the Islamic writers. All their errors are comprised under twenty
heads, on three of which they must be reckoned infidels and on seventeen
heretics. It was to show the falsity of their views on these twenty points that
I composed The Incoherence of the Philosophers. The three points in which
they differ from all the Muslims are as follows:
(a) They say that for bodies there is no resurrection; it is bare spirits
which are rewarded or punished; and the rewards and punishments are
spiritual, not bodily. They certainly speak truth in affirming the spiritual
ones, since these do exist as well; but they speak falsely in denying the
bodily ones and in their pronouncements disbelieve the Divine law.
(b) They say that Allah knows universals but not particulars. This too is
plain unbelief. The truth is that `there does not escape Him the weight of an
atom in the heavens or in the earth‟ (Koran 34, 3).
down in logic, and consequently differ much from one another here. The
views of Aristotle, as expounded by al-Farabi and Ibn Sina, are close to
those of the Islamic writers. All their errors are comprised under twenty
heads, on three of which they must be reckoned infidels and on seventeen
heretics. It was to show the falsity of their views on these twenty points that
I composed The Incoherence of the Philosophers. The three points in which
they differ from all the Muslims are as follows:
(a) They say that for bodies there is no resurrection; it is bare spirits
which are rewarded or punished; and the rewards and punishments are
spiritual, not bodily. They certainly speak truth in affirming the spiritual
ones, since these do exist as well; but they speak falsely in denying the
bodily ones and in their pronouncements disbelieve the Divine law.
(b) They say that Allah knows universals but not particulars. This too is
plain unbelief. The truth is that `there does not escape Him the weight of an
atom in the heavens or in the earth‟ (Koran 34, 3).