Al-Ghazali writes, "The proof of the possibility of there being prophecy and the proof that there has been prophecy is that there is knowledge in the world the attainment of which by reason is inconceivable." According to al-Ghazali, this argument shows that

A) it is possible for there to be a way of apprehending things that are not apprehended by the intellect.

B) it is possible to know things that can be known by the intellect alone.

C) the human intellect, unaided by Divine inspiration, can know everything there is to know.

D) it is not possible to know anything beyond the intellect.


A

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