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these powers are actively present, much less will he do so when the senses
are not functioning‟. This is a form of analogy which is shown to be false by
what actually occurs and is observed. Just as intellect is one of the stages
of human development in which there is an `eye‟ which sees the various
types of intelligible objects, which are beyond the ken of the senses, so
prophecy also is the description of a stage in which there is an eye
endowed with light such that in that light the unseen and other supra-
intellectual objects become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in
general, or (b) doubt of its actual occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment
of it by a specific individual.
The proof of the possibility of there being prophecy and the proof that
there has been prophecy is that there is knowledge in the world the
attainment of which by reason is inconceivable; for example, in medical
science and astronomy. Whoever researches in such matters⁻knows of
necessity that this knowledge is attained only by Divine inspiration and by
assistance from Allah most high. It cannot be reached by observation. For
are not functioning‟. This is a form of analogy which is shown to be false by
what actually occurs and is observed. Just as intellect is one of the stages
of human development in which there is an `eye‟ which sees the various
types of intelligible objects, which are beyond the ken of the senses, so
prophecy also is the description of a stage in which there is an eye
endowed with light such that in that light the unseen and other supra-
intellectual objects become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in
general, or (b) doubt of its actual occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment
of it by a specific individual.
The proof of the possibility of there being prophecy and the proof that
there has been prophecy is that there is knowledge in the world the
attainment of which by reason is inconceivable; for example, in medical
science and astronomy. Whoever researches in such matters⁻knows of
necessity that this knowledge is attained only by Divine inspiration and by
assistance from Allah most high. It cannot be reached by observation. For