than what he brought, or to attain, in these matters, what lay beyond their reach—peace be upon him.

All the foundational principles on which they agreed, and which are well known among the scholars of transmitted knowledge—hadith scholars and jurists who devoted themselves to preserving them, exercising care over them, and diligently seeking sound routes of transmission—are taught by their senior scholars to their juniors and to their children in their elementary schools, so that these principles become firmly established among them. They are widely known among them, and their knowledge of the truth of all these matters rests sufficiently on the proofs to which the bearer of the revealed law drew their attention when he called them to faith.

Know—may Allah guide you—that the miracles demonstrating the truthfulness of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, after he had drawn the attention of all those undertaking the effort to their having come into existence and to the existence of the One who brought them into being, established the truth of his reports and demonstrated that the Book and Sunnah he brought were from Allah, Mighty and Majestic.

Once his truthfulness has been established through the signs, the truth of everything reported by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is known