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« on: November 01, 2010, 11:02:03 am »

Here's an interesting topic to talk about.  I recently received an article of Brother Louay Fatoohi titled "The Foundations of Religious Belief in the Quran."  He referred to a poll participated by some 541 people in which they were asked what they thought “Religious belief is based on,” and they were given five options to choose the answer from where only one answer could be chosen.   The five options were as follows.

Religious belief is based on: 

1) Faith
2) Reason
3) Evidence
4) Reason and evidence
5) Faith, reason, and evidence

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According to Brother Fatoohi, "faith" signifies the assumptions we make on matters we cannot prove.  "Reason" denotes the mental faculty to think logically.  And "evidence" is the proof of something. 

I agree that belief must be based on faith, reason and evidence.  But since belief in the existence of Allah Almighty involves the unseen, therefore there are times when evidence cannot be taken as a necessity for belief.  Furthermore, reason and evidence are often inter-connected because the mental aculty to think logically leads to the evidence or proof of the matter in focus.

Whenever Prophets came to their communities with the Message of Allah, the people insisted to show them some Divine "portent" as an evidence to convince them of the Message.  Such an attitude is not appreciated by Allah.  Thus, He says in Verse 2:210 (Surah Al-Baqrah): "Wait they for naught else than that Allah should come unto them in the shadows of the clouds with the angels ? Then the case would be already judged. All cases go back to Allah (for judgment)."  This explicitly implies that direct evidence of the most important issue concerning belief, that is, existence of Allah, cannot be shown as earthly evidence to humankind as per the will of Allah Himself.  In my opinion, evidence is to be taken indirectly.  For example, Allah mentions frequently in several Surahs to reflect upon the revolution of the night and day, which would enable us to logically understand and appreciate His wonders, and subsequently provide us evidence for belief of His presence.
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2011, 04:02:57 am »

Thanks very much for this sister.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 05:01:46 am »

welcomed brother.
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