Eternal Words Nahj al-Balaghah Sermons SERMON 18 - Amir Al-Mu’minin, Peace be Upon Him Said in Disparagement of the Differences of Views among the Theologians
SERMON 18 - Amir Al-Mu’minin, Peace be Upon Him Said in Disparagement of the Differences of Views among the Theologians
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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 (p.b.u.h.) is one (and the same), their Book (the Holy Qur’an), 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 (p.b.u.h.) 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 (Qur’an).” (Holy Qur’an, 6: 38)
Allah says that one part of the Holy Qur’an 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 Qur’an, 4: 82)
Certainly, the outside of the Holy Qur’an 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.
