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"But it is recorded [in Tradition] that many of the first believers used to hold that the Law has both an apparent and an inner meaning, and that the inner meaning ought not to be learned by anyone who is not a man of learning in this field and who is incapable of understanding it."

--Averroes, "The Decisive Treatise, Determining What the Connection is Between Religion and Philosophy" (I approve of his including "decisive" in his title; this treatise is fascinating if you've read Strauss)