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then you might perhaps suppose that it was magic and deception and that it came from Allah to lead
men
astray; for „He leads astray whom He will, and guides whom He will‟. Thus the topic
of miracles will be
thrown back upon you; for if your faith is based on a reasoned argument involving the probative
force of the
miracle, then your faith is destroyed by an ordered argument showing the difficulty
and ambiguity of the
miracle.
Admit that wonders of this sort are one of the proofs and accompanying circumstances out of the
totality
8[10] This is a little obscure; al-Ghazali appears to regard certain miraculous signs as belonging
to the spheres
of medicine and astronomy; perhaps he was thinking of this when he spoke of events occurring once
of your thought on the matter; and that you attain obvious knowledge and yet are unable to say
men
astray; for „He leads astray whom He will, and guides whom He will‟. Thus the topic
of miracles will be
thrown back upon you; for if your faith is based on a reasoned argument involving the probative
force of the
miracle, then your faith is destroyed by an ordered argument showing the difficulty
and ambiguity of the
miracle.
Admit that wonders of this sort are one of the proofs and accompanying circumstances out of the
totality
8[10] This is a little obscure; al-Ghazali appears to regard certain miraculous signs as belonging
to the spheres
of medicine and astronomy; perhaps he was thinking of this when he spoke of events occurring once
of your thought on the matter; and that you attain obvious knowledge and yet are unable to say