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CHAPTER One 21 the unseen with respect to a person who does not know the language in which they were written. The above observation would be relevant if a people believed that their revealed books did not contain any subtle truths. But if they claim that their revealed books do contain subtle truths that are accessible only to the great scholars whose lives have been exhausted in their study and ceaseless contemplation, and contain such truths that only those persons who are highly intelligent, deep thinkers or profound scholars can reach their depth and essence, this will only prove our point, because if an unlettered person were to reveal the subtle verities contained in such books, that are beyond the capacity of the common intellect to comprehend, then undoubtedly—after it is affirmed that he is an unlettered person—his knowledge would be considered to be of the unseen. This is what Example C aims to illustrate. Admonition: The fact that the unseen comes from Allah is incontrovertible, for it is manifestly established by reason that to discover the unseen is beyond the power of created beings, and whatever is beyond the power of cre- ated beings has to be from God. So, it is evident that matters relating to the unseen are revealed by God and their divine origin is certain and conclusive. Third Preliminary Point Anything that has come into existence solely through the perfect power of God Almighty, whether it be a part of His creation or of one of His holy books, which has originated from Him, both in its words and its meanings, must have the distinction that none of His creatures has the power to create the like of it. This general principle, which applies to everything that originates from Allah, can be proven in two ways. First, through qiy a s [analogical reasoning]: qiy a s, which is authentic