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How on earth when a man‟s mind is capable of accepting such strange
statements and is compelled to acknowledge that these are properties, the
knowledge of which is a miracle for some of the prophets how does he
come to reject a similar fact in respect of what he hears of the teaching of a
prophet, especially when that prophet speaks truth, is accredited by
miracles, and is never known to have been in error?

If the philosopher denies the possibility of there being such properties in
the number of rak`ahs, the casting of stones (in the valley of Mina during
the Pilgrimage), the number of the elements of the Pilgrimage and the other
ceremonies of worship of the sacred law, he will not find, in principle, any
difference between these and the properties of drugs and stars. He may
say, `I have some experience in medical and astronomical (or astrological)
matters, and have found some points in the science true; as a result belief
in it has become firmly settled in me and my heart has lost all inclination to
shun it and look askance at it; prophecy however, I have no experience of;
how shall I know that it actually exists, even if I admit its possibility‟?

I reply: `You do not confine yourself to believing what you have