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SpiritualRoadmapbyGhazali, page : 100
From this he ascends to another stage, and intellect or reason (`aql) is created
in him. He apprehends things necessary, possible, impossible, things which do
not occur in the previous stages.
Beyond intellect there is yet another stage. In this another eye is opened, by
which he beholds the unseen, what is to be in the future, and other things which
are beyond the understanding of intellect in the same way as the objects of
intellect are beyond the ken of the faculty of discernment and the objects of
discernment are beyond the ken of sense. Moreover, just as the man at the stage
of discernment would reject and disregard the objects of intellect were these to
be presented to him, so some intellectuals reject and disregard the objects of
prophetic revelation. That is sheer ignorance. They have no ground for their view
except that this is a stage which they have not reached and which for them does
not exist; yet they suppose that it is non-existent in itself. When a man blind from
birth, who has not learned about colors and shapes by listening to people‟s talk,
is told about these things for the first time, he does not understand them nor
admit their existence.
in him. He apprehends things necessary, possible, impossible, things which do
not occur in the previous stages.
Beyond intellect there is yet another stage. In this another eye is opened, by
which he beholds the unseen, what is to be in the future, and other things which
are beyond the understanding of intellect in the same way as the objects of
intellect are beyond the ken of the faculty of discernment and the objects of
discernment are beyond the ken of sense. Moreover, just as the man at the stage
of discernment would reject and disregard the objects of intellect were these to
be presented to him, so some intellectuals reject and disregard the objects of
prophetic revelation. That is sheer ignorance. They have no ground for their view
except that this is a stage which they have not reached and which for them does
not exist; yet they suppose that it is non-existent in itself. When a man blind from
birth, who has not learned about colors and shapes by listening to people‟s talk,
is told about these things for the first time, he does not understand them nor
admit their existence.