Hadith 165
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If he should say, “I don’t consider this possible.” He will be told, “This is utter obstinacy in a subject, which your knowledge does not encompass, and you cannot be certain in a question as such. How do you say it is not possible? How is this statement different from the assertion of someone, who says that ‘ambiguous verses’ cannot have valid interpretations that conform to reason and they must be interpreted literally?
وإن قال: لا أجوز ذلك، قيل: هذا تحجر شديد فيما لا يحاط بعلمه ولا يقطع على مثله، فمن أين قلت إن ذلك لا يجوز وانفصل ممن قال لا يجوز أن يكون للآيات المتشابهات وجوه صحيحة تطابق أدلة العقل ولا بد أن تكون على ظواهرها؟
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