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ArticlesOfTheIslamicFaithByGhazali, page : 78
gnostics said, "To divulge the secret of the Lord is equivalent
to unbelief." Some one also said, "The Lord has a secret,
if revealed, prophecy will become obsolete. Prophecy has a
secret, if divulged, knowledge will become useless, and the
learned people of Allah have a secret, if disclosed, the Religion
will become of no force." If he who had said this did
not mean thereby the futility of prophecy as far as those with
lessor intellect are concerned because of their inability
to understand, then what he said is not true. Rather, that
which is true is free of contradiction. The perfect man is
he whose knowledge does not destroy his piety, and the road
to piety is through the prophecy.
You may say, "These verses and prophetic quotations may be subject
to several interpretations. Show us, then, how their visible
to unbelief." Some one also said, "The Lord has a secret,
if revealed, prophecy will become obsolete. Prophecy has a
secret, if divulged, knowledge will become useless, and the
learned people of Allah have a secret, if disclosed, the Religion
will become of no force." If he who had said this did
not mean thereby the futility of prophecy as far as those with
lessor intellect are concerned because of their inability
to understand, then what he said is not true. Rather, that
which is true is free of contradiction. The perfect man is
he whose knowledge does not destroy his piety, and the road
to piety is through the prophecy.
You may say, "These verses and prophetic quotations may be subject
to several interpretations. Show us, then, how their visible