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resemble
this one in clarity and demonstrative cogency. Further, he has already heard the accounts on
everyone‟s lips
of their unbelief, their denial of Allah‟s attributes, and their contempt for revealed
truth; he becomes an
unbeliever merely by accepting them as authorities (bi’l-taqlid al-mahd), and says to himself, `If
religion were
true, it would not have escaped the notice of these men since they are so precise in this science‟.
Thus, after
becoming acquainted by hearsay with their unbelief and denial of religion, he draws the conclusion
that the
truth is the denial and rejection of religion. How many have I seen who err from the truth because
of this high
opinion of the philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not necessarily excel in every art.
It⁻is
not necessary that the man who excels in law and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the
man who
this one in clarity and demonstrative cogency. Further, he has already heard the accounts on
everyone‟s lips
of their unbelief, their denial of Allah‟s attributes, and their contempt for revealed
truth; he becomes an
unbeliever merely by accepting them as authorities (bi’l-taqlid al-mahd), and says to himself, `If
religion were
true, it would not have escaped the notice of these men since they are so precise in this science‟.
Thus, after
becoming acquainted by hearsay with their unbelief and denial of religion, he draws the conclusion
that the
truth is the denial and rejection of religion. How many have I seen who err from the truth because
of this high
opinion of the philosophers and without any other basis!
Against them one may argue: `The man who excels in one art does not necessarily excel in every art.
It⁻is
not necessary that the man who excels in law and theology should excel in medicine, nor that the
man who