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The_Savior_from_Spiritual_Error, page : 122
Many have been deceived by them; and the deceit is even greater because
of the ineffectiveness of the criticism leveled against the philosophers, since
that consisted, as we have shown above, in denying geometry and logic
and others of their sciences which possess necessary truth.
9[11] cp. Encyclopedia of Islam, s.v. `Ibahiya’
I observed, then, to what an extent and for what reasons faith was weak
among the various classes of men; and I observed how I myself was
occupied with resolving this doubt, indeed I had devoted so much time and
energy to the study of their sciences and methods, I mean those of the
mystics, the philosophers, the `authoritarian instructionists‟ (ta`limiya), and
the outstanding scholars (mutawassimun), that to show up their errors was
easier for me than drinking water. As I observed all this, the impression was
formed in me: `That is a fixed and determinate character of this time; what
benefit to you, then, are solitude and retirement, since the sickness has
become general, the doctors have fallen ill, and mankind has reached the
verge of destruction?‟ I said to myself, however: `When will you busy
of the ineffectiveness of the criticism leveled against the philosophers, since
that consisted, as we have shown above, in denying geometry and logic
and others of their sciences which possess necessary truth.
9[11] cp. Encyclopedia of Islam, s.v. `Ibahiya’
I observed, then, to what an extent and for what reasons faith was weak
among the various classes of men; and I observed how I myself was
occupied with resolving this doubt, indeed I had devoted so much time and
energy to the study of their sciences and methods, I mean those of the
mystics, the philosophers, the `authoritarian instructionists‟ (ta`limiya), and
the outstanding scholars (mutawassimun), that to show up their errors was
easier for me than drinking water. As I observed all this, the impression was
formed in me: `That is a fixed and determinate character of this time; what
benefit to you, then, are solitude and retirement, since the sickness has
become general, the doctors have fallen ill, and mankind has reached the
verge of destruction?‟ I said to myself, however: `When will you busy