[The Thirty-First Argument]

which is as follows:

Abū ‘Abd Allāh al-Rāzī stated in his most distinguished work, Nihāyat al-ma‘qūl, what other theologians have also stated. Al-Rāzī said:

“Matters to be established fall into three categories: those that cannot be known through revelation; those that can be known only through revelation; and those that can be known either through revelation or through reason.

As for the first category:

Any matter whose truth must be known before the validity of revelation can be known cannot itself be established through revelation. Examples include knowing that the Maker exists, that He acts by choice and knows all that can be known, and that the Messenger is truthful.