“...had strayed therein, and We were witnesses to their judgment. And We gave Solomon understanding of it.” [al-Anbiya 21:78–79] Solomon inferred the cause from its effect.

If the physiognomists attribute him to two men, saying, “He is the son of Zayd and Amr,” is he to be affiliated with both of them? The jurists said: He is affiliated with both, and it is possible for conception to result from two men. However, contemporary medical specialists say that it is not possible for a child to be from two persons. Thus, the matter should be investigated and considered: is what the jurists said in accordance with reality or not? For the jurists may have based this on resemblance: if he resembles both this man and that man, he is affiliated with both. Yet a person may sometimes resemble a man who is not even from his tribe, let alone his father or brother.

End of Volume Ten—by the help and enabling grace of Allah, the Exalted.

Volume Eleven follows, Allah willing, and begins with the Book of Endowments.