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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 73
it in my book.
My aim was to repeat their false doctrine as far as possible, and then to bring out its weak
points.
The result was that there was nothing done on the part of the opponents and no force in their
argument.
Had it not been for the mistaken help given by honest but ignorant men, the heresy would have been
too
weak to reach its present degree of success. Violent fanaticism provoked the supporters
of the truth to
prolong the debate about the premise of their argument and to deny all they assert. In particular
they denied
both their claim that “there is need of „authoritative instruction‟ (ta’lim) and an instructor
(mu`allim)”, and their
claim that “not every instructor is adequate, there must be an infallible instructor”.
Their demonstration of the need for instruction and an instructor was clearly sound, while the
retort of the
critics was weak. A number of people were thus deceived into thinking that this was due to the
My aim was to repeat their false doctrine as far as possible, and then to bring out its weak
points.
The result was that there was nothing done on the part of the opponents and no force in their
argument.
Had it not been for the mistaken help given by honest but ignorant men, the heresy would have been
too
weak to reach its present degree of success. Violent fanaticism provoked the supporters
of the truth to
prolong the debate about the premise of their argument and to deny all they assert. In particular
they denied
both their claim that “there is need of „authoritative instruction‟ (ta’lim) and an instructor
(mu`allim)”, and their
claim that “not every instructor is adequate, there must be an infallible instructor”.
Their demonstration of the need for instruction and an instructor was clearly sound, while the
retort of the
critics was weak. A number of people were thus deceived into thinking that this was due to the