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another, and no confidence can be placed in the speculations of the
speculative thinkers (ashab al-ray). He who summons to ta`lim makes
assertions without proof. How then through doubt can I keep certainty?
(3) A fifth man says: `I do not perform these acts out of obedience to
authority (taqlidan). I have studied philosophy and I know that prophecy
actually exists and that its achievement is wise and beneficial. I see that
the acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common
people and restraining them from fighting and quarreling with one another
and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not one of the ignorant
common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On
the contrary I am one of the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly
(for myself) so that I do not require to follow authority‟.
This is the final word of the faith of those who study the system of the
theistic philosophers, as you may learn from the works of Ibn Sina and
Abu Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of
speculative thinkers (ashab al-ray). He who summons to ta`lim makes
assertions without proof. How then through doubt can I keep certainty?
(3) A fifth man says: `I do not perform these acts out of obedience to
authority (taqlidan). I have studied philosophy and I know that prophecy
actually exists and that its achievement is wise and beneficial. I see that
the acts of worship it prescribes aim at keeping order among the common
people and restraining them from fighting and quarreling with one another
and from giving rein to their desires. But I am not one of the ignorant
common people that I should enter within the narrow confines of duty. On
the contrary I am one of the wise, I follow wisdom, and thereby see clearly
(for myself) so that I do not require to follow authority‟.
This is the final word of the faith of those who study the system of the
theistic philosophers, as you may learn from the works of Ibn Sina and
Abu Nasr al-Farabi.
These are the people who show politeness to Islam. Often you see one of