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knowledge, jurisprudence is derived from prophecy; second, it is superior to
medicine because no one of those who are treading the road to the Hereafter
can do without it, neither the healthy nor the sick; while on the other hand only
the sick, who are a minority, need medicine; thirdly, because jurisprudence is
akin to the science of the road of the Hereafter, being a study of the works or the
senses. The origin of these works as well as their source lies in the attributes of
the heart. Thus praiseworthy works are the result of praiseworthy characters
(endowed with) saving (grace) in the Hereafter; similarly, the blameworthy works
are the result of blameworthy characters. The connection between the senses
and the heart is thus clear.

Health and disease, however, result from certain qualities in the humuors
characteristic of the body, not of the heart. No matter how often jurisprudence is
compared with medicine, the superiority of the former is evident. Similarly,


whenever the science of the road to the Hereafter is compared with
jurisprudence, the superiority of the former is evident.