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objects, which are beyond the ken of the senses, so prophecy also is the description of a stage in
which
there is an eye endowed with light such that in that light the unseen and other
supra-intellectual objects
become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in general, or (b) doubt of
its actual
occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment of it by a specific individual.
The proof of the possibility of there being prophecy and the proof that there has been prophecy is
that
there is knowledge in the world the attainment of which by reason is inconceivable; for example, in
medical
science and astronomy. Whoever researches in such matters⁻knows of necessity that this
knowledge is
attained only by Divine inspiration and by assistance from Allah most high. It cannot
be reached by
observation. For instance there are some astronomical laws based on phenomena which occur only once
which
there is an eye endowed with light such that in that light the unseen and other
supra-intellectual objects
become visible.
Doubt about prophetic revelation is either (a) doubt of its possibility in general, or (b) doubt of
its actual
occurrence, or (c) doubt of the attainment of it by a specific individual.
The proof of the possibility of there being prophecy and the proof that there has been prophecy is
that
there is knowledge in the world the attainment of which by reason is inconceivable; for example, in
medical
science and astronomy. Whoever researches in such matters⁻knows of necessity that this
knowledge is
attained only by Divine inspiration and by assistance from Allah most high. It cannot
be reached by
observation. For instance there are some astronomical laws based on phenomena which occur only once