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blatant error. Nay, whatsoever proceedeth from
these Mines of divine Wisdom and these Treasuries
of eternal knowledge is truth, and naught
else but the truth. The saying: "Knowledge is
one point, which the foolish have multiplied"
is a proof of Our argument, and the tradition:
"Knowledge is a light which God sheddeth into
the heart of whomsoever He willeth" a confirmation
of Our statement.
Inasmuch as they have not apprehended the meaning of Knowledge, and have called by that name those images fashioned by their own fancy and which have sprung from the embodiments of ignorance, they therefore have inflicted upon the Source of Knowledge that which thou hast heard and witnessed.
For instance, a certain man, (1) reputed for his
learning and attainments, and accounting himself
as one of the pre-eminent leaders of his people,
hath in his book denounced and vilified all the exponents
of true learning. This is made abundantly
clear by his explicit statements as well as by his
allusions throughout his book. As We had frequently
heard about him, We purposed to read
