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The Gnostic's Proof - Hamza ibn Ali ibn Shu'ba al-Harrani

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And they bring forth an interpretation for it similar to what I mentioned regarding the sun’s address to him, but I have omitted it for brevity.

As for the denial of these reports by the majority of Muslims (al-Jumhur) and their rejection of them, it is like the Jews’ rejection of the miracle of Jesus, and their saying that he did not revive the dead, nor did he do anything of all that the Muslims agreed upon.

And just as the Christians rejected the miracle of Muhammad, and said that he used trickery on the world, changed the Law (Shari'a), brought no miracle, and that he took Prophethood from Bahira the Monk.

We indicate the difference of the Laws in the Outer (al-Zahir), and their agreement in the Inner (al-Batin), in this chapter, God Almighty willing.

As for denial, it is not something by which the Truth is repelled if it is proven to be the Truth1.

Footnotes

1[I hold that this phrase should be: "As for denial, it does not repel the truth once it is established that it is the truth".]
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