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understanding without afterwards reading the refutation; or he might peruse the
refutation without
understanding its full import‟.
Ahmad‟s observation is justified, but it applies to false doctrines that are not widely and
generally known.
Where such doctrine is widely known, it ought to be refuted, and refutation necessitates a
statement of the
original doctrine. Certainly, no one should undertake to elaborate on behalf of a
false doctrine where its
author does not elaborate. I personally did not do that. I had already heard the false doctrine
from someone
who frequented my company after contacting them and adopting their faith. He related how they
used to
laugh at the works composed to refute their views, since the authors had not comprehended their
proof; he
mentioned that proof and gave a summary of it. As I could not be satisfied with the possibility of
neglecting
the essential basis of their proof, or of having heard it and failed to understand it, I repeated
refutation without
understanding its full import‟.
Ahmad‟s observation is justified, but it applies to false doctrines that are not widely and
generally known.
Where such doctrine is widely known, it ought to be refuted, and refutation necessitates a
statement of the
original doctrine. Certainly, no one should undertake to elaborate on behalf of a
false doctrine where its
author does not elaborate. I personally did not do that. I had already heard the false doctrine
from someone
who frequented my company after contacting them and adopting their faith. He related how they
used to
laugh at the works composed to refute their views, since the authors had not comprehended their
proof; he
mentioned that proof and gave a summary of it. As I could not be satisfied with the possibility of
neglecting
the essential basis of their proof, or of having heard it and failed to understand it, I repeated