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is impossible for Him? Is it not merely wishful thinking, disproved
by what we have assumed of the debate of the adult and
the child and the plea of the unbelievers from the midst
of Hell-fire? Furthermore the wise is he who knows the realities
of things and is capable of harnessing them in accordance
with his will.
It is here where the consideration of that which is best is imperative.
And as to the wise among us, he takes into consideration
that which is best as far as he himself is concerned,
in order to gain therewith praise in this world and reward
in the Hereafter, or to prevent some evil from befalling him
by what we have assumed of the debate of the adult and
the child and the plea of the unbelievers from the midst
of Hell-fire? Furthermore the wise is he who knows the realities
of things and is capable of harnessing them in accordance
with his will.
It is here where the consideration of that which is best is imperative.
And as to the wise among us, he takes into consideration
that which is best as far as he himself is concerned,
in order to gain therewith praise in this world and reward
in the Hereafter, or to prevent some evil from befalling him