بِسمِ
اللهِ
الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ Allah, in the name of, the Most
Affectionate, the Eternally Merciful |
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Personality
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اردو
اور عربی تحریروں کو بہتر
دیکھنے کے
لئے نسخ اور
نستعلیق
فانٹ یہاں سے
ڈاؤن لوڈ کیجیے
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The
Relationship of Revelation & Intellect (2) |
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The Role of
Intellect Human intellect is
provided with the right to select the religion. There is no other way to find
the true religion except the intellect. But after accepting the true
religion, human intellect is not allowed to delete or alter the contents of
religion. The intellect should follow the revelation and this following must
not be a ‘blind following’. It should be based on a clear understanding of
the revelation and wisdom behind it. In our opinion, the intellect should
play the following role: · Explanation of the
Divine Wisdom provided through the Revelation · Methodology to implement
the commandments of the Divine Wisdom: For example the revelation has
forbidden usury. Now it is the job of human intellect to identify the
solutions to get rid of usury. If the intellect starts inventing the ways to
make usury lawful, it will not be a right service. It is determined that in
presence of clear verdicts of the Quran and the Sunnah, use of human
intellect [in order to avoid the revelation] is not allowed in any
circumstances. · Human intellect can
prove that the creed revealed by the Almighty is preferable as compared to
the theories of present time. Human intellect should present the Divine
Wisdom in a rational format. If the intellect starts altering the Divine
Wisdom, it will be considered as a deviation. · The intellect can be
used to defend the faith and to prove that Islam is the only faith which [in
its original sources] is protected historically from any human intervention. · The intellect should
ponder into the God’s signs available in entire universe as well as in the
human personality. The intellect can be
used in other similar ways. Allah, the Almighty asked His Prophet to announce
that: قُلْ
هَذِهِ
سَبِيلِي
أَدْعُو
إِلَى اللَّهِ
عَلَى
بَصِيرَةٍ
أَنَا
وَمَنْ
اتَّبَعَنِي
وَسُبْحَانَ
اللَّهِ
وَمَا أَنَا
مِنْ الْمُشْرِكِينَ. (O Prophet!) Tell
them plainly: "This is my way. I invite you to Allah with sure knowledge
which I and my followers possess. Glory is
to Allah, and I am not one of the pagans.” (Yousuf 12:108)
Limitations of the
Intellect People, who are
impressed by the prevailing theories of science or philosophy, refuse the
true revelation of God because they do not see it compatible with the
prevailing philosophies. About them, the Quran says: بَلْ
كَذَّبُوا
بِمَا لَمْ
يُحِيطُوا
بِعِلْمِهِ
وَلَمَّا
يَأْتِهِمْ
تَأْوِيلُهُ
كَذَلِكَ
كَذَّبَ
الَّذِينَ
مِنْ
قَبْلِهِمْ. Nay! They do not believe that which
they cannot grasp, for they have not yet seen its prophecy fulfilled. The
same way those who passed before them disbelieved. (Younus 10:39) It is a fact that
scientific theories change with further investigations. A theory becomes
popular in one age but it is rejected in another age. After one theory,
another theory is presented. How it is possible for the revelation to be
compatible with each of these contradicting theories? If the revelation is forced
to be compatible with one theory, it should be rejected in other ages . We
explain this concept with an example: In fourth century BC, a
Greek philosopher Ptolemaeus presented the theory [that our earth is the center
of entire universe and the sun is revolving around our earth. Ancient
Christian theologists incorporated this theory into their creed.] Till 15th century, this theory
was taught in the universities of We conclude that the
modern theories will be acceptable only if they are compatible with the
revelation…. Some people, after being impressed by these theories, start
modifying the meanings of Quran. They think that they are bringing the Quran
at the intellectual level of modern world. In our opinion, it is not a
religious service. It results only in atheism and intellectual disorder. (Excertps from the
“Aaina-e-Perveziat” of Abdul Rahman Kilani, Translation: Mubashir Nazir,
Review: Mohammed Umar Khan)
Another point should be
noted about the relationship to the revelation and the intellect. It is a
problem of human intellect that it is adversely affected by the emotions. For
example, if a person has a strong desire for sex, his intellect will teach
him different ways to enjoy the sex without referring to morality. Similarly,
a person is strongly influenced by anger and a strong desire to take revenge,
his intellect will teach him the ways to take revenge without telling him to
be just during that process. Due to this reason, the
If the Western people
were so committed to knowledge, wisdom and intellect, they should have
confessed openly that we have committed a blunder to deny God as a result of When the intellect
becomes an enlightened follower of revelation, this problem is resolved
because the intellect becomes ‘pure intellect’, not a slave of emotions. The
‘pure intellect’ is always compatible to the ‘pure revelation’. There is not
a single concept in the ‘pure revelation’ which can be refuted by the
intellect. Similarly, there is no proved law discovered by intellect which is
contradictory with the revelation. Seemingly, if we find
any contradiction between a piece of revelation and intellect, there are only
two possibilities: · Either the “theory”
presented by the intellect is not a “law”, but it is only a theory which can
be proved wrong; · Or the concept being
presented as the revelation is not revelation. It is some human concept
presented as ‘the revelation’. In the example quoted
by the Author, the theory of Ptolemaeus was a human thinking which was
presented by the Church as ‘the revelation’ by including this theory in the
Holy Bible. Mubashir Nazir
Think about it! · Identify the reason
of Atheist attitude? Do they have solid evidence that God does not exist? If
no, why they deny God? · The author has
mentioned the possible roles of human intellect in relation to the revelation.
Select the role(s) for yourself. Think about yourself that you want to play
which role. Please send your answers through
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Unit 1: Relation with God & His Prophets In the name of God, the most Beneficent, the
Eternally Merciful | The
Treasure’s Map | The
Month of Ramadan: What to achieve?
| The Prophet’s Love |
The
Basic Premise of the Religion |
Who
is like You? | Pure Monotheism I |
Pure
Monotheism II |
Who deserves the Paradise?
Unit 2: Elimination
of our Negative Personality How to get rid of Poverty? |
The Report of Transparency International
and a Hadith |
Justification
or Admitting One’s Fault |
Artificial
Colors of Glamour |
Religious People & Ostentation |
Character
of Ancient Religious Leaders at Jerusalem |
Attachment
to a Group is irrelevant for Success |
Successful
Life | The Revolution Occurred! |
Form
& Spirit |
Jealousy
& Modern Testing Techniques |
How to overcome Procrastination? |
The Difference between an Extremist
& a Moderate Person Unit 3:
Development of our Positive Personality The Quranic Strategy for Personality Development |
How to get rid of Poverty? |
Character
builds the Nation |
The
Sermon of Mount |
Success: What is it? |
Success Secrets |
A Positive Attitude affirms the Life |
Road Block |
Thinking after Writing! |
Trust
is Golden |
Getting
off to a good start |
The Lesson of Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Unlocking
the Gates to Success |
Admitting
One’s Fault |
Top 10 Qualities of Excellence
Unit 4:
Relationship with Human Beings Backbiting |
Suspicion |
Defamation |
Examining Others with Suspicion |
Are
you killing your family? Unit 5: Our
Responsibility, Vision & Mission The Love of Prophet Muhammad with Knowledge
| Traditional Mentality
| Strange Similarities between Christian
& Muslim Histories | The Relationship of Revelation & Intellect (Part I)
| The Relationship of Revelation & Intellect (Part II)
| The Problem of Aurengzeb Alamgir |
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