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the
concepts from philosophers in the first place, and their weak intellects concluded that, because
their author
is a falsifier, the concepts are false.
This is like a man who hears a Christian assert, “There is no god but Allah, and Jesus is the
Messenger of
Allah”. The man rejects this, saying, “`This is a Christian conception” and does not ask himself
whether the
Christian is an unbeliever because of this assertion or because he denies the prophethood of
Muhammad,
peace be upon him. If he is an unbeliever only because he denies Muhammad, then there is no need to
deny his other assertions which are not connected with his unbelief, even though these are also
true in his
eyes.
Weaker intellects take men as criterion for truth and not the truth as criterion of men. The
intelligent man
concepts from philosophers in the first place, and their weak intellects concluded that, because
their author
is a falsifier, the concepts are false.
This is like a man who hears a Christian assert, “There is no god but Allah, and Jesus is the
Messenger of
Allah”. The man rejects this, saying, “`This is a Christian conception” and does not ask himself
whether the
Christian is an unbeliever because of this assertion or because he denies the prophethood of
Muhammad,
peace be upon him. If he is an unbeliever only because he denies Muhammad, then there is no need to
deny his other assertions which are not connected with his unbelief, even though these are also
true in his
eyes.
Weaker intellects take men as criterion for truth and not the truth as criterion of men. The
intelligent man