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-the praise and peace be upon him - being silenced?
We would then say that this argument is the same as that of the
person who, on being warned by another that there is a wild
lion standing behind him, and that unless he runs away the
beast will devour him, and that he can ascertain that the
warning is true if he will only look behind, says to the one
who warned him that the truth of your warning can be established
only if I look behind me, yet I am not going to turn and
look behind me unless your truth is proven to me! This indicates
stupidity of the speaker and guides him to destruction
and there is no harm upon the guide!! As such is the Prophet
-the praise and peace be upon him - he says: (in similitude)
"Behind you is death, wild cats and the burning fire.
We would then say that this argument is the same as that of the
person who, on being warned by another that there is a wild
lion standing behind him, and that unless he runs away the
beast will devour him, and that he can ascertain that the
warning is true if he will only look behind, says to the one
who warned him that the truth of your warning can be established
only if I look behind me, yet I am not going to turn and
look behind me unless your truth is proven to me! This indicates
stupidity of the speaker and guides him to destruction
and there is no harm upon the guide!! As such is the Prophet
-the praise and peace be upon him - he says: (in similitude)
"Behind you is death, wild cats and the burning fire.