and their meaning cannot be understood, there are several responses to this.
First, prescribed deeds benefit the person who performs them and achieve their intended purpose, even if he does not understand the wisdom behind them. As for statements addressed to people, if their meaning cannot be understood, people derive no benefit from them.
Second, people may be instructed to perform deeds that benefit them even if they do not understand the wisdom behind them, as when a tutor, parent, or physician gives instructions. But addressing people with words they have no way of understanding is something no rational person would do.
His claim that obedience is more complete when its underlying wisdom is unknown is not conceded. Rather, obedience is more complete when one knows the wisdom that Allah Most High loves and obeys for the sake of that wisdom which He loves. Their argument has force only when the wisdom consists in some worldly purpose, such as safeguarding wealth