The Meccan Revelations: al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya

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[ Doubting the senses and the error of sophism ]

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And if Satan comes to you from the left side with suspicions of obstruction or the existence of a partner with God Almighty in his divinity, and you expel him, then God will strengthen you in that with the evidence of monotheism and the knowledge of theorizing. The senses, and from here the confusion entered into sophism, as it introduced error into the senses, which is what the theorists rely on for the validity of their evidence and the axioms in divine knowledge and other things. When the error in that was shown to them, they said, “He did not know then” at all, and it can be trusted. If they are told, “This is knowledge because he did not know.” What is your basis for not saying it? They said, and likewise we say that our saying is not knowledge and it is among the fallacies. It is said to them, “You have learned that this statement of yours is not knowledge,” and your saying that this is also among the fallacies is proof of what you denied, so introduce doubt into them in wha


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