absolute truth into which doubt or ambiguity cannot find its way...

absolute truth into which doubt or ambiguity cannot find its way, whereas anything that has not been derived from those two sources is exposed to evaluation and criticism, and is subject to changes and modifications, and also to the estimation of its beauty and ugliness. An alert and clear-sighted reader may have understood our purpose in quoting the words of that exalted companion of the Prophet who began his remarks with such wise phrases.

In his description of the ways of religion and the sacred laws of Islam, he draws the attention of the listener directly to…