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lay down in
logic; the theologians will not disagree about it because it is in accordance with their views
about the proof
of speculative propositions and provides a criterion of the truth of theological assertions”.
My adversary may say: “If you have in your hand a standard such as this, why do you not remove the
disagreement among mankind?” I reply: “If they were to give heed to me, I would remove the
disagreement
among them. I described the method of removing disagreement in The Just Balance. Study it and you
will
find that it is sound and does completely remove disagreement if men pay attention to it; but they
will not all
pay attention to it. Still a group of men have paid attention to me and I removed the disagreement
between
them. Now your Imam wants to remove the disagreement between them although they do not pay attention
to him. Why then has he not removed it? Why did not Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, the first
of the
1[3] Al-Ghazali refers to a well-known story about Mu`adh b. Jabal. Muhammad, on appointing him as
logic; the theologians will not disagree about it because it is in accordance with their views
about the proof
of speculative propositions and provides a criterion of the truth of theological assertions”.
My adversary may say: “If you have in your hand a standard such as this, why do you not remove the
disagreement among mankind?” I reply: “If they were to give heed to me, I would remove the
disagreement
among them. I described the method of removing disagreement in The Just Balance. Study it and you
will
find that it is sound and does completely remove disagreement if men pay attention to it; but they
will not all
pay attention to it. Still a group of men have paid attention to me and I removed the disagreement
between
them. Now your Imam wants to remove the disagreement between them although they do not pay attention
to him. Why then has he not removed it? Why did not Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, the first
of the
1[3] Al-Ghazali refers to a well-known story about Mu`adh b. Jabal. Muhammad, on appointing him as