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SpiritualRoadmapbyGhazali, page : 76
It may be said to me: “Your adversaries do not agree with you about the
standard.” I reply: “It is not to be imagined that anyone who understands that
standard should be in disagreement about it. The Ta`limiyah will not disagree
about it, because I have inferred it from the Koran and learned it there; the
logicians will not disagree about it because it is in accordance, not in
disagreement, with the conditions they lay down in logic; the theologians will not
disagree about it because it is in accordance with their views about the proof of
speculative propositions and provides a criterion of the truth of theological
assertions”.
My adversary may say: “If you have in your hand a standard such as this, why
do you not remove the disagreement among mankind?” I reply: “If they were to
give heed to me, I would remove the disagreement among them. I described the
method of removing disagreement in The Just Balance. Study it and you will find
that it is sound and does completely remove disagreement if men pay attention
to it; but they will not all pay attention to it. Still a group of men have paid
attention to me and I removed the disagreement between them. Now your Imam
wants to remove the disagreement between them although they do not pay
attention to him. Why then has he not removed it? Why did not Ali, may Allah be
standard.” I reply: “It is not to be imagined that anyone who understands that
standard should be in disagreement about it. The Ta`limiyah will not disagree
about it, because I have inferred it from the Koran and learned it there; the
logicians will not disagree about it because it is in accordance, not in
disagreement, with the conditions they lay down in logic; the theologians will not
disagree about it because it is in accordance with their views about the proof of
speculative propositions and provides a criterion of the truth of theological
assertions”.
My adversary may say: “If you have in your hand a standard such as this, why
do you not remove the disagreement among mankind?” I reply: “If they were to
give heed to me, I would remove the disagreement among them. I described the
method of removing disagreement in The Just Balance. Study it and you will find
that it is sound and does completely remove disagreement if men pay attention
to it; but they will not all pay attention to it. Still a group of men have paid
attention to me and I removed the disagreement between them. Now your Imam
wants to remove the disagreement between them although they do not pay
attention to him. Why then has he not removed it? Why did not Ali, may Allah be