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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 58
realities and knowing them as they really are. But how far from
the truth this is, because the fulfillment of noble desire
is not found in disputation. In fact the perplexity and confusion
consequent on disputation surpass anything which it
may reveal or unfold. If you were to hear that from a scholar
of the prophetic quotations or a semi-scholar you would think
that men are the enemies of that of which they are ignorant.
Take it, then, from one who has familiarized himself with disputation
and, after a careful study and a thorough investigation
of it in which he surpassed the extreme limits of its masters
and went even further to study in great detail other
cognate subjects, has come to dislike it, and has ascertained
that the road to the realities of knowledge is closed from
this direction.
the truth this is, because the fulfillment of noble desire
is not found in disputation. In fact the perplexity and confusion
consequent on disputation surpass anything which it
may reveal or unfold. If you were to hear that from a scholar
of the prophetic quotations or a semi-scholar you would think
that men are the enemies of that of which they are ignorant.
Take it, then, from one who has familiarized himself with disputation
and, after a careful study and a thorough investigation
of it in which he surpassed the extreme limits of its masters
and went even further to study in great detail other
cognate subjects, has come to dislike it, and has ascertained
that the road to the realities of knowledge is closed from
this direction.