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adduces proofs similar to yours but clearer‟ „.
Thus this topic turns back against themselves so decisively that, even if
the older and younger members of the sect agreed to give an answer, they
would be unable to do so. The corrupt doctrine has grown quickly only
because a group of inferior intellects argued against them and employed
the method of `reply‟ (jawab) instead of that of `reversal‟ (qalb). Such a
procedure prolongs the debate and neither convinces men‟s minds nor
effectively silences the opponents.
Some may say: `This is `reversal‟; but is there any `reply‟ to that‟? I
answer: `Certainly. The reply is that, if the man in doubt says, `I am in
doubt‟, and does not specify the topic about which he is in doubt, it may be
said to him, `You are like a sick man who says, `I am sick‟, without
specifying his disease, and yet asks for a remedy; he has to be told, `There
does not exist⁻ any remedy for disease in general but only for specific
diseases like headache, diarrhea, and so forth‟ „. Similarly the man in doubt
must specify what he is in doubt about. If he specifies the topic, I show him
Thus this topic turns back against themselves so decisively that, even if
the older and younger members of the sect agreed to give an answer, they
would be unable to do so. The corrupt doctrine has grown quickly only
because a group of inferior intellects argued against them and employed
the method of `reply‟ (jawab) instead of that of `reversal‟ (qalb). Such a
procedure prolongs the debate and neither convinces men‟s minds nor
effectively silences the opponents.
Some may say: `This is `reversal‟; but is there any `reply‟ to that‟? I
answer: `Certainly. The reply is that, if the man in doubt says, `I am in
doubt‟, and does not specify the topic about which he is in doubt, it may be
said to him, `You are like a sick man who says, `I am sick‟, without
specifying his disease, and yet asks for a remedy; he has to be told, `There
does not exist⁻ any remedy for disease in general but only for specific
diseases like headache, diarrhea, and so forth‟ „. Similarly the man in doubt
must specify what he is in doubt about. If he specifies the topic, I show him