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that is conclusive”—namely, the division he mentioned. In response, it may be said to him: Every conclusive demonstration they employ concerning Allah Most High must involve some form of analogy between the unseen and the observable. For they can only employ reasoning by subsumption, which is the syllogism
القطعي وهو ما ذكره من التقسيم فيقال له كل برهان قطعي يستعملونه في حق الله تعالى فلابد وان يتضمن نوعًا من قياس الغائب على الشاهد فإنهم إنما يمكنهم استعمال القياس الشمولي الذي هو القياس