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The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 37
The other group proved that the forbidden in the scholastic theology are such terms as substance and
substance's quality and the other strange terms with which the Companions - may Allah be pleased
with
them - were not familiar.
But the matter is not difficult to explain, because there is not a single branch of knowledge in
which new
terms have not been introduced for the sake of conveying meanings.
For example, the Science of Prophetic Quotations, the Science of interpretation, and the Science of
Jurisprudence. Had the recipients encountered terms such as refutation, invalidation, composition,
deduction, and false collocation, as well as the other questions which are brought as evidence by
analogy, they would not comprehend them.
Therefore the introduction of new terms to signify a definite meaning is just as legitimate as
inventing
vessels with a new shape and form for use in permissible usages.
If it is the meaning of these terms which is forbidden, we do not mean to attain through them
substance's quality and the other strange terms with which the Companions - may Allah be pleased
with
them - were not familiar.
But the matter is not difficult to explain, because there is not a single branch of knowledge in
which new
terms have not been introduced for the sake of conveying meanings.
For example, the Science of Prophetic Quotations, the Science of interpretation, and the Science of
Jurisprudence. Had the recipients encountered terms such as refutation, invalidation, composition,
deduction, and false collocation, as well as the other questions which are brought as evidence by
analogy, they would not comprehend them.
Therefore the introduction of new terms to signify a definite meaning is just as legitimate as
inventing
vessels with a new shape and form for use in permissible usages.
If it is the meaning of these terms which is forbidden, we do not mean to attain through them