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believe in it, then you are an infidel! Dispose yourself to faith. Observe what is
the cause of your hidden unbelief, for that is the doctrinal system you inwardly
adopt and the cause of your outward daring, even though you do not give
expression to it out of respect towards the faith and reverence for the mention of
the law!‟
One would say: `If it were obligatory to observe this matter, then those learned
in religious questions would be foremost in doing so; but, among persons of
distinction, A does not perform the Worship, B drinks wine, C devours the
property of trusts and orphans, D accepts the benevolence of the sovereign and
does not refrain from forbidden things, E accepts bribes for giving judgment or
bearing witness; and so on‟.
A second man claims to have knowledge of mysticism and considers that he
has made such progress that he is above the need for formal worship.
A third man is taken up with another of the doubts of the `Latitudinarians‟ (Ahl
al-Ibahah;)⁹. These are those who stray from the path of mysticism.
the cause of your hidden unbelief, for that is the doctrinal system you inwardly
adopt and the cause of your outward daring, even though you do not give
expression to it out of respect towards the faith and reverence for the mention of
the law!‟
One would say: `If it were obligatory to observe this matter, then those learned
in religious questions would be foremost in doing so; but, among persons of
distinction, A does not perform the Worship, B drinks wine, C devours the
property of trusts and orphans, D accepts the benevolence of the sovereign and
does not refrain from forbidden things, E accepts bribes for giving judgment or
bearing witness; and so on‟.
A second man claims to have knowledge of mysticism and considers that he
has made such progress that he is above the need for formal worship.
A third man is taken up with another of the doubts of the `Latitudinarians‟ (Ahl
al-Ibahah;)⁹. These are those who stray from the path of mysticism.