The first page of the manuscript at the BNF.

 

Qadhi Abu Bakr al-Baqillani (d1013);
Kitab al-Tamhid fi al-Radd ala al-Mulhida

(Introduction to the Rejection of the Heretics)
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Taken from:تمهيد الأوائل وتلخيص الدلائل - الباقلاني - http://shiaonlinelibrary.com

 

…………… and the darkness was pure and not mixed, ……………. It was not seen and obligatory for those who grew up in the country of Zinj; no human was seen in it except black and no water but sweet, and there is no plantation except green, this eliminates that there is neither a person nor water and no planting except of the quality of what was found and witnessed ………….. 

 

…………… and they obliged anyone who grew up in the country of Zinj and did not find water in it except sweet and no human being but black and no crops but green, to judge that there is no water but sweet, there is no person except as he found them and witnessed until they are required to judge by ignorance which is known to be invalid by necessity. 

 

There is no difference between that and a person who does not spend the time to know the language of Zinj, Turk and other languages, then he becomes the most eloquent and boldest of people in every language, knowing that he did not take that on behalf of its people because the creation of knowledge in it and its ability to do so in the short time is a breach of the habit and outside of what it is to build nature.