Also the ears heard the message of Allah through the apostles...

Also the ears heard the message of Allah through the apostles, which verified the conclusion of the mind. The ears heard evidence as to Allah the Creator having neither a wife nor a son nor a partner and the message went to the mind for it to realise the truth". "What you described said he, "are very wonderful things- Things I had never heard before. Still I hesitate to accept, what you have said, unless you give me some more convincing proofs.

"We, said I, when you feel yourself unable to refute or find fault with my descriptions, and begin to water in your arguments I am confident your mind will very shortly assure you InshaAllah (if Allah wishes), of the truth that the senses can know nothing without the help. Now tell me have you ever experienced a dream in which you were eating something and relishing its pleasant taste "Yes, said he.

"Have you ever dreamt I asked, that you are laughing or weeping bitterly, traveling in known or unknown countries, recognizing those countries you had seen or known Yes he replied, "I had had many such dreams. "Have you ever, I asked, "seen in your dreams relatives parent or brothers that had died long ago, and identified them as you did in the life time Why not he exclaimed "I have experienced many such dreams.

Well then, said I, which of your senses felt the dead man and pointed him out to the mind that it could recognize him and converse with him Which sense relished the food, recognized the countries known or unknown, through which it traveled? Which sense wept and laughed?" I am confounded he said, "I cannot reply, which of my sense (in this sleeping state) did the above things.

In fact when one is asleep, he is like one dead, and in that condition, it is quite impossible for the senses to feel, know, see or hear anything. Tell me, asked I, "when startled, you woke from your sleep. Did you not recollect your dream sufficiently to narrate to your relations and friends, forgetting nothing? Yes, he replied. "Sometimes I have seen a thing in a dream and the same thing again in a waking state.

Alright, said I, which of the senses imbued you with the memory of what you saw when those senses were asleep? None of the senses, said he "seem to have had any hand therein. Can you not see now said I, "that it is the mind that sees all these things, remembering (in a dreaming state) when all the senses have ceased working?