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And if anyone should reflect on the appearance of this
Tree, he will undoubtedly testify to the loftiness of the
Cause of God. For if one from whose life only twenty-four
years have passed, and who is devoid of those sciences
wherein all are learned, now reciteth verses after such
fashion without thought or hesitation, writes a thousand
verses of prayer in the course of five hours without pause
of the pen, and produceth commentaries and learned
treatises on such lofty themes as the true understanding of
God and of the oneness of His Being, in a manner which
doctors and philosophers confess surpasseth their power of
understanding, then there is no doubt that all that hath
been manifested is divinely inspired. Notwithstanding their
life-long diligent study, what pains do these divines take
when writing a single line in Arabic! Yet after such efforts
the result is but words which are unworthy of mention.
All these things are for a proof unto the people; otherwise
the religion of God is too mighty and glorious for anyone
to comprehend through aught but itself; rather by it all else
is understood. II, 1.
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