And among what he cited was his saying after a long speech: “And some denounce the dominance of sensuality and materialism over Muhammad's Paradise and his Fire, so I say that the fault in that lies with the explainers and commentators, not with what came in the Book, for the Quran minimized greatly the attribution of sensory and material aspects to Paradise and Hellfire, and all that is in it regarding this matter consists of gestures and hints; rather, it is the commentators and explainers who did not leave a sensory pleasure nor a sensual enjoyment without attaching it to Paradise, nor a bodily torment nor a physical pain without attributing it to the Fire,” up to his saying: “And what evidence is more famously illustrative of Islam's innocence from leaning toward pleasures than the month of Ramadan, in which desires are bridled, the soul is deterred from its goals, and barred from its aims? And this is the ultimate limit of reason and resolve,” to the end of what the mentioned writer cited in this regard.

And let the expert critic look with a discerning eye at the explanation of the people of The Exoteric (Al-Zahir) for His saying, the Exalted: [“By the fig and the olive”] ¹ , they mentioned that the waw is for swearing an oath, and the fig and the olive are these two known trees or the two mountains that grew these two trees. How dark this explanation is, and how far it is from correctness and reality! Indeed, when a human being swears an oath by something, he swears by something magnificent and sacred, like the Greatest Name, the Noble Quran, the Great Messenger, or one of the illustrious prophets or nearby guardians. So how is it for the Creator, the Exalted, alongside His greatness and majesty, to swear an oath by these two insignificant trees upon which insects and vermin crawl, and whose fruits are eaten by the children of human beings and animals, and upon which impurities and dirt occur? Or by these two mountains which have been trodden and contaminated by beasts, and upon which wild animals, insects, and filth graze and settle?