Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 23.
Religious Wisdom
“At this moment it seems as though science will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation. For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.”
God and the Astronomers (1978), p. 116; (p. 107 in 1992 edition).
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