and at this point we say how did the batiniyyah know the invalidity of the imami school of thought in this issue? if they knew it as a necessity then how did the disagreement arise over necessities? and if they knew it as a matter of opinion then what necessitated the correctness of their opinion over the opinion of their opponents and the purification of their minds over their minds? is that known by the length of the beard or the whiteness of the face and so on to the exact path that they followed? and there is no escape from this under any circumstances.
وعند هذا نقول بم عرفت الباطنية بطلان مذهب الإمامية في هذه القضية فان عرفوها ضرورة فكيف قام الخلاف في الضروريات وان عرفوها نظرا فما الذي اوجب صحة نظرهم دون نظر خصومهم وتزكية عقولهم دون عقولهم أيعرف ذلك بطول اللحى او ببياض الوجه وهلم جرا الى عين المسلك الذي نهجوه وهذا لا محيص عنه بحال من الأحوال