Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 18

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Peak of Eloquence Nahjul Balagha By Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib - English Translation - Sermon 18
Amir Al-Mu’minin (􀁸) Said in Disparagement of the
Differences of Views among the Theologians
When a problem is put before anyone of them he passes judgment
on it from his imagination. When exactly the same problem is placed
before another of them he passes an opposite verdict. Then these judges
go to the chief who had appointed them and he confirms all the verdicts,
although their Allah is One (and the same), their Prophet (􀁨) is one (and
the same), their Book (the Holy Quran), is one (and the same).
Is it that Allah ordered them to differ and they obeyed Him? Or
He prohibited them from it but hey disobeyed Him? Or (is it that) Allah
sent an incomplete Faith and sought their help to complete it? Or they are
His partners in the affairs so that it is their share of duty to pronounce and
He as to agree? Or is it that Allah, the most Glorified One, sent a perfect
faith but the Prophet (􀁨) fell short of conveying it and handing it over (to
the people) ? the fact is that Allah, the most Glorified One, says the
following:
We have not neglected anything in the Book (Quran). (Holy
Quran, 6: 38)
Allah says that one part of the Holy Quran verifies another part
and that there is no divergence in it as He says the following:
And if it had been from any other than Allah, they would surely
have found in it much discrepancy. (Holy Quran, 4: 82)
Certainly, the outside of the Holy Quran is wonderful and its
inside is deep (in meaning). Its wonders will never disappear, its amazing
things will never pass away and its intricacies cannot be cleared except
through itself..