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did not mean thereby the futility of prophecy as far as those with lessor intellect are concerned
because
of their inability to understand, then what he said is not true. Rather, that which is true is free
of
contradiction. The perfect man is he whose knowledge does not destroy his piety, and the road to
piety
is through the prophecy.
You may say, "These verses and prophetic quotations may be subject to several interpretations. Show
us, then, how their visible meaning differs from the invisible. For if the visible is contradictory
to the
invisible, it will destroy the Religion, which is exactly the position of those who say that
reality is
contrary of the Religion. This is unbelief because the Religion represents the visible and
reality
represents the invisible. If the one is neither contradictory to, nor in disagreement with
the other, then
both are identical. Therefore the division (of knowledge into obvious and hidden, visible and
invisible) is
because
of their inability to understand, then what he said is not true. Rather, that which is true is free
of
contradiction. The perfect man is he whose knowledge does not destroy his piety, and the road to
piety
is through the prophecy.
You may say, "These verses and prophetic quotations may be subject to several interpretations. Show
us, then, how their visible meaning differs from the invisible. For if the visible is contradictory
to the
invisible, it will destroy the Religion, which is exactly the position of those who say that
reality is
contrary of the Religion. This is unbelief because the Religion represents the visible and
reality
represents the invisible. If the one is neither contradictory to, nor in disagreement with
the other, then
both are identical. Therefore the division (of knowledge into obvious and hidden, visible and
invisible) is