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The point of this is that the task is fulfilled up until seeking what is not
sought. Firstly, values are not sought, since they are presently at hand; and
if they are sought after, they become hidden and lost. However, when a
man seeks what is sought, he cannot be accused of falling short in his
pursuit.
III. THE CLASSES OF SEEKERS
When Allah by His Grace and Abundant Generosity cured me of this
disease, I came to regard the various seekers of truth as comprising four
groups:
(I) the Theologians (mutakallimun), who claim that they are the exponents
of thought and intellectual speculation;
(2) the Batiniyah, who consider that they, as the party of `authoritative
instruction‟ (ta‟lim), alone derive truth from the infallible imam;
sought. Firstly, values are not sought, since they are presently at hand; and
if they are sought after, they become hidden and lost. However, when a
man seeks what is sought, he cannot be accused of falling short in his
pursuit.
III. THE CLASSES OF SEEKERS
When Allah by His Grace and Abundant Generosity cured me of this
disease, I came to regard the various seekers of truth as comprising four
groups:
(I) the Theologians (mutakallimun), who claim that they are the exponents
of thought and intellectual speculation;
(2) the Batiniyah, who consider that they, as the party of `authoritative
instruction‟ (ta‟lim), alone derive truth from the infallible imam;