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gone so far as to call themselves „The People of Equity and Oneness‟ (ahl al-adl
w-al-tawhid) while the scholastic theologians were called the learned men of
religion although nothing of the tenets of men of religion although nothing of the
tents of their profession was known during the early period of Islam. On the
contrary (the learned men at the time) condemned very strongly anyone who
would take to disputation and contention.
As to the evident proofs, which the mind accepts immediately on hearing and,
which are contained in the Koran, they have been known to all. Knowledge of the
Koran was all knowledge while theology (tawhid) signified something else, which
was beyond the comprehension of most scholastic theologians, and, which,
when they comprehended it, they were not called after its name. Theology was
then the belief that all things come from Allah, a belief, which ruled out all
intermediary causes (al-asbab w-al-wasa‟it). Both good and evil would then be
seen as coming from Allah.
Theology (tawhid) is, therefore, like a precious fruit, which is encased in two
successive husks. (Obviously) the outer husk is farther from the pith than the
w-al-tawhid) while the scholastic theologians were called the learned men of
religion although nothing of the tenets of men of religion although nothing of the
tents of their profession was known during the early period of Islam. On the
contrary (the learned men at the time) condemned very strongly anyone who
would take to disputation and contention.
As to the evident proofs, which the mind accepts immediately on hearing and,
which are contained in the Koran, they have been known to all. Knowledge of the
Koran was all knowledge while theology (tawhid) signified something else, which
was beyond the comprehension of most scholastic theologians, and, which,
when they comprehended it, they were not called after its name. Theology was
then the belief that all things come from Allah, a belief, which ruled out all
intermediary causes (al-asbab w-al-wasa‟it). Both good and evil would then be
seen as coming from Allah.
Theology (tawhid) is, therefore, like a precious fruit, which is encased in two
successive husks. (Obviously) the outer husk is farther from the pith than the