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**N95FzmMw** · 04-20-2011, 06:26 AM

Slogans like "The intellect is what sets the human apart from the animals and other creations" and "Our intellects let us distinguish between falsehood and righteousness" seem akward to me. Because doesn't Allah ta'ala say that he has installed Fujur and Taqwa in our hearts? Doesn't that mean that primarily the voice from our heart (which they simply brand as emotions) guides us to righteousness according to the level of our Taqwa?

I read in the introduction to Ma'ariful Qur'an by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthmani [db], that the human has three sources of knowledge/guidance: 1. Senses, 2. Mind & 3. Wahi. And he explained beautifully how each of the first two has his boundaries (and the following starts from where the previous ended). So there are so many things we wouldn't know of without revealation, no matter how much we would've used our intellect.

If a sound mind was enough to practise upon Islam, then why did Rasulullah mention the sound heart as a condition for the correct use of the body? Then they don't regard anyone's Iman to be complete until he is rationally convinced by the truthfulness of Islam. I mentioned a story of a Sahabi who accepted Islam on the basis of a dream, but then they reply that it was his mind which "processed the data" received in the dream. But then why does Allah ta'ala say: "Whoever Allah wishes to guide, He opens his heart to Islam." [6:125] if you can not be a Muslim based on what they call "emotions"?

Maybe better words to put my confusion in would be: Does the naql (revealation) knock on the door of our mind or on the door of our heart?

Brother, naql addresses both mind and heart.
Why are you resistant to emphasis on the aql?
Is it because you don't like HT?

Subhanna Allah, one needs only read some of the threads started on sunniforum to see that our Ummah is lagging immensely in comprehending our aql and developing it in accordance with the Deen. Moreover, one of our Ummah's biggest failings which has led to our decline is the inability to understand thought and aql as it pertains to reality. Are not Muslim countries dominated by secular regimes that cater to manmade thoughts that are continually dominating the Muslim world? and that the Muslim masses are largely unable to defend and counter against these forces within our lands, including India?

Do you believe that there is an Islamic way of thinking?
Do you believe it to be superior to the scientific method?
Or do you believe the scientific method to be the superior method of thinking?

04-20-2011, 06:26 AM	#18
N95FzmMw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 334 Senior Member	Slogans like "The intellect is what sets the human apart from the animals and other creations" and "Our intellects let us distinguish between falsehood and righteousness" seem akward to me. Because doesn't Allah ta'ala say that he has installed Fujur and Taqwa in our hearts? Doesn't that mean that primarily the voice from our heart (which they simply brand as emotions) guides us to righteousness according to the level of our Taqwa? I read in the introduction to Ma'ariful Qur'an by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthmani [db], that the human has three sources of knowledge/guidance: 1. Senses, 2. Mind & 3. Wahi. And he explained beautifully how each of the first two has his boundaries (and the following starts from where the previous ended). So there are so many things we wouldn't know of without revealation, no matter how much we would've used our intellect. If a sound mind was enough to practise upon Islam, then why did Rasulullah mention the sound heart as a condition for the correct use of the body? Then they don't regard anyone's Iman to be complete until he is rationally convinced by the truthfulness of Islam. I mentioned a story of a Sahabi who accepted Islam on the basis of a dream, but then they reply that it was his mind which "processed the data" received in the dream. But then why does Allah ta'ala say: "Whoever Allah wishes to guide, He opens his heart to Islam." [6:125] if you can not be a Muslim based on what they call "emotions"? Maybe better words to put my confusion in would be: Does the naql (revealation) knock on the door of our mind or on the door of our heart? Brother, naql addresses both mind and heart. Why are you resistant to emphasis on the aql? Is it because you don't like HT? Subhanna Allah, one needs only read some of the threads started on sunniforum to see that our Ummah is lagging immensely in comprehending our aql and developing it in accordance with the Deen. Moreover, one of our Ummah's biggest failings which has led to our decline is the inability to understand thought and aql as it pertains to reality. Are not Muslim countries dominated by secular regimes that cater to manmade thoughts that are continually dominating the Muslim world? and that the Muslim masses are largely unable to defend and counter against these forces within our lands, including India? Do you believe that there is an Islamic way of thinking? Do you believe it to be superior to the scientific method? Or do you believe the scientific method to be the superior method of thinking?
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