When he answered in the affirmative I next asked him; 'What do you do with eyes?

When he answered in the affirmative I next asked him; 'What do you do with eyes?' 'I see colors and people.' Then I asked; 'Do you have a nose?' 'Yes.' 'What do you do with your nose?' 'I smell things.' 'Do you have a mouth?' 'Yes.' 'What do you do with it?' 'I taste the food that I eat.' 'Do you have ears?' 'Yes.' 'What do you with them?' 'I hear sounds.' "'Now do you have a heart?' 'Yes.' 'What do you do with it?' 'My heart is an instrument of weighing and measuring; by means of it I assess the truth or falsehood of whatever knowledge conies to my senses and limbs.' "Then I asked: 'Can any limb or member dispense with the heart (qalb)?' "'Even if all limbs and members are completely healthy?' "'Young man whenever any bodily sense is mistaken in its perceptions or doubts their accuracy it has recourse to the heart in order to resolve its doubts and gain some measure of confidence and certainty.' "'So the role of the heart with respect to the members and limbs is in accordance with divine command to remove error confusion and bewilderment?' "'Yes.' "'So the existence of the heart in man is a necessity without which his members and limbs lose their sense of direction?' "'Yes.' ( 152 ) "'O Abu Marwan God has not left your senses and limbs without a guide to rectify their errors and doubts.

Is it then possible that He should leave human society despite all the dissension and ignorance that beset it to its own devices without any leader to guide it? A fitting leader who will remove all confusion and error?' "'Amr remained silent for a while and then he said: "'Are you not Hisham b.