"I hear the voice of 'Imad al-Din al-Isfahani (d. 598/1201) say:

I have yet to complete a book and to re-open it the next day without finding I might have included this, or deleted that, or considered a different thought, or I might have polished my words, or modified some others or transposed yet others. In short, a human being's work, his thinking, his revisions and changes are never perfect or complete. Such is the unwavering fact about the nature of humankind.

Bless the souls of those who have joined the Conference, and doubted the equity of those who have the answers. Yes, such are the affairs of human beings - their thinking is never complete. Praise be to God Who decreed that we perfect the questions, and entrust the answers to the One Who is complete. But we are plagued in this age by those who only want to learn what they think they already know. Islam to them is no more than a band that is tailored to fit on their sleeves. They fashion Islam tightly and snugly, in order to cuddle them and nurse their pathetic insecurities. It doesn't matter what the evidence or indicators are, what matters is that the entire world is deaf and God whispers in their ears. They impersonate the Prophet, and speak for God, and if you tell them let's look into the evidence, they say, "I know what I know. Don't bother me with complexities." In truth, what they demand is that God submits Himself to their comforts, and not disturb their pedantic simplicity. I quoted the jurist Qadi Khan al-Farghani (d. 592/1196) before, and I will quote him again:

Know that a man becomes restless and bored, and is overcome by insecurities, ignorance, and a defective brain. This man's affliction only increases when he becomes surrounded by idiots who sing his praise. Then this man fills his mouth with the words of scholars, and spews out phrase after phrase. Neither does he understand nor do his followers understand the implications of what he says. It is better for the rational man to guard his mouth, for the ignorant only fall flat on their faces.

-Khaled M. Abou El Fadl, "Notes of the Night," Conference of the Books: The Search for Beauty in Islam, p. 345