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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 70
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in it, I realized that this too did not satisfy my aim in full and that the intellect
neither comprehends all it
attempts to know nor solves all its problems. The heresy of the Ta`limiyah had
already appeared and
everyone was speaking about their talk of gaining knowledge of the meaning of things
from an infallible
Imam who has charge of the truth. It had already occurred to me to study their
views and become
acquainted with what is in their books, when I received a definite command from His Majesty the
Caliph to
write a book exposing their religious system. The fact that I could not excuse myself from doing
this was an
external motive reinforcing my original impulse. I began to search for their books and collect
their doctrines.
There had already come to my ears some of their innovated utterances, the product of
the thoughts of
contemporary members of the sect, which differed from the familiar formulations of their
predecessors.
in it, I realized that this too did not satisfy my aim in full and that the intellect
neither comprehends all it
attempts to know nor solves all its problems. The heresy of the Ta`limiyah had
already appeared and
everyone was speaking about their talk of gaining knowledge of the meaning of things
from an infallible
Imam who has charge of the truth. It had already occurred to me to study their
views and become
acquainted with what is in their books, when I received a definite command from His Majesty the
Caliph to
write a book exposing their religious system. The fact that I could not excuse myself from doing
this was an
external motive reinforcing my original impulse. I began to search for their books and collect
their doctrines.
There had already come to my ears some of their innovated utterances, the product of
the thoughts of
contemporary members of the sect, which differed from the familiar formulations of their
predecessors.