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handed down the opinion they were permissible, and he was right in both.
Chapter Seven
On the Intellect, Its Noble Nature, Its Definition, and Its Divisions
The Noble Nature of the Intellect: It will be superfluous to show the noble
nature of the intellect (al-aql), especially because through it the noble nature of
knowledge has been revealed. Intellect is the source and fountainhead of
knowledge as well as its fountain. Knowledge springs from it as the fruit from the
tree and the light from the sun and vision from the eye. How then could that,
which is the means of happiness in this world and the next not be noble or how
could it ever be doubted?
Thus we find in the Koran that Allah called it light when He said:
“Allah is the Lighter of the heavens and the earth. The example of His Light is like
a tube, in, which there is a wick. The wick is in a lamp and the lamp is as a
glittering planet kindled from a Blessed Tree…” Koran 24 verse 35.
Chapter Seven
On the Intellect, Its Noble Nature, Its Definition, and Its Divisions
The Noble Nature of the Intellect: It will be superfluous to show the noble
nature of the intellect (al-aql), especially because through it the noble nature of
knowledge has been revealed. Intellect is the source and fountainhead of
knowledge as well as its fountain. Knowledge springs from it as the fruit from the
tree and the light from the sun and vision from the eye. How then could that,
which is the means of happiness in this world and the next not be noble or how
could it ever be doubted?
Thus we find in the Koran that Allah called it light when He said:
“Allah is the Lighter of the heavens and the earth. The example of His Light is like
a tube, in, which there is a wick. The wick is in a lamp and the lamp is as a
glittering planet kindled from a Blessed Tree…” Koran 24 verse 35.