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Undoubtedly the need for disputation differs with the time; therefore it is not unlikely that the
rule which
governs it should also differ. This then is the rule of the creed which Allah imposed on mankind
and the
method of defending and preserving it.
As to dispelling doubts, revealing truths, knowing things as they really are, and comprehending the
mysteries which the words of this belief signify, there is no way to attain any of them except
through
self-mortification and the subduing of passions, through seeking Allah whole heartedly and
persisting in
thoughts which are free from the blemishes of disputation. They are a mercy from Allah which
comes to
those who expose themselves to its beneficence according to what Allah ordained for them and the
extent to which they had exposed themselves to it as well as the capacity of their hearts and the
degree
of their purity. This is the sea the depth of which cannot be sounded and the waters of which
cannot be
rule which
governs it should also differ. This then is the rule of the creed which Allah imposed on mankind
and the
method of defending and preserving it.
As to dispelling doubts, revealing truths, knowing things as they really are, and comprehending the
mysteries which the words of this belief signify, there is no way to attain any of them except
through
self-mortification and the subduing of passions, through seeking Allah whole heartedly and
persisting in
thoughts which are free from the blemishes of disputation. They are a mercy from Allah which
comes to
those who expose themselves to its beneficence according to what Allah ordained for them and the
extent to which they had exposed themselves to it as well as the capacity of their hearts and the
degree
of their purity. This is the sea the depth of which cannot be sounded and the waters of which
cannot be