Hear The Truth From Whomever Says It

Do Not Imagine That What We Have Said Of The Insufficiency Of Our Understanding And Of Its Limited Extent Is An Assertion Founded Only On The Bible: For Philosophers Likewise Assert The Same, And Perfectly Understand It,- Without Having Regard To Any Religion Or Opinion.

At Times The Truth Shines So Brilliantly That We Perceive It As Clear As Day. Our Nature And Habit Then Draw A Veil Over Our Perception, And We Return To A Darkness Almost As Dense As Before. We Are Like Those Who, Though Beholding Frequent Flashes Of Lightning, Still Find Themselves In The Thickest Darkness Of The Night.

The Prophets Even Express Their Surprise That God Should Take Notice Of Man, Who Is Too Little And Too Unimportant To Be Worthy Of The Attention Of The Creator; How, Then, Should Other Living Creatures Be Considered As Proper Objects For Divine Providence!

We Suffer From The Evils Which We, By Our Own Free Will, Inflict On Ourselves And Ascribe Them To God, Who Is Far From Being Connected With Them!

The Mutakallemim... Apply The Term Non-existence Only To Absolute Non-existence, And Not To Absence Of Properties. A Property And The Absence Of That Property Are Considered By Them As Two Opposites, They Treat, E.g. , Blindness And Sight, Death And Life, In The Same Way As Heat And Cold. Therefore They Say, Without Any Qualification, Non-existence Does Not Require Any Agent, An Agent Is Required When Something Is Produced.