Praise is to Allah who has guided us to Islam, and elevated
us through faith, and honored us with servitude, which is the excellence and the
station that man won’t attain until he attains the meaning of faith. Allah
said: “It is those who believe and confuse not their beliefs with wrong, that
are (truly) in security, for they are on (right) guidance” (Surah of Livestock,
Verse 82).
The union
of faith with certainty is followed with the fixed affirmation in knowledge and
in thought that Allah is the Creator, the Lord of everything and its King, the
Unique in His Qualities, His Names, and His Acts.
Knowledge
is of two types: It is either inspired (by Allah to one of His chosen servants),
and this type of knowledge has ceased since it was summarized in Allah’s
Preserved Book so it would demonstrate the knowledge of the creatures, and the
Qualities, Names, and Acts of the Creator, and so it would be the way through
which creatures would know the righteousness and thus would be guided to Him.
The other type of knowledge is realized through experimentation, deduction, and
observation.
However,
the Inspired Knowledge is more firm and encompassing in indicating the sciences
of the creatures and every issue relating to the Creator that is known to the
creatures. As for the experimentally realized sciences, they are perceived as a
result of experiments and proofs and they are an indication to mankind’s
understanding and exploitation. Each Inspired Knowledge has a confirming proof
within the realized sciences so there is no contradiction in the sources of
knowledge or else one of them would be incorrect, and through committing
the sources of knowledge there is an affirmation of the knowledge of the Creator
–Exalted is He- who knows the secret in the heavens and the earth.
As for
thought, it is man’s ability to receive sciences and to subject them for his own
benefit to achieve his required goals. The effects of knowledge and thought are
reflected on the psyche and behavior of the human individual and result in the
certainty in faith, and as a result man would be free of the base inhibitions
and would be elevated to a more sublime purpose which is hope in Allah, and in
that there is faith without injustice, and that is real security.
It is the
contented conscience in addition to the feeling that affairs will end in peace
and prosperity that give man his feeling of security. On the other hand, he who
loses faith has enveloped his knowledge and thought with injustice and thus
deserved the title of ‘ignorant’ since he was content with placing himself in
the servitude of anything but Allah, so not only did he linger with the god of
his own desires, but also he was fanatically insistent on falsehood despite the
fact that the contradiction between perverse science and realized science is
obvious, and the contradiction between the former and thought is also obvious.
But his own obstinacy has lead to both inner or outer Godlessness and all this
reflects seriously on the thought and behavior of all those who have made this
their creed, bigotry and even extremism would be his response to any thought or
manner that would affect his interests, and what we mean here is that his
bigotry would not be in defense of thought (for thought most certainly
contradicts him) but a blind defense of the interests attached to this thought. As a result of this bigotry this person would have annulled his thought
and behavior with others unless they are equally ignorant, for he shall
not change his thought even if you brought him the righteousness and the
Clarifying Book.
An
intellectual and cultural study is a comprehensive research relating to every
factor that affects, or is affected, by thought; for thought is the product of
the conjunction of several environmental and psychological factors that
determine the quality of thought. Therefore, the intellectual researcher is also
a psychological researcher.
The purpose of this site is to argue, whilst being certain of the
righteousness through the scientific and intellectual approach.
We
have previously attempted to announce “This is Allah’s Creation” on a website,
but bigotry and intolerance have driven the owners of the site to avoid the
announcement, for the calling of the righteousness did not sound well to those
who follow their desires and were doomed by them, whilst keeping in mind that
the mentioned site adapts every thought that strays from the righteousness and
whose defects and corruptions are obvious.
Those
who manage and stand by this intolerant thought and reject every different
thought even if it was real is like one who is rabid and who is void of all
proper manners since they knew what is just and denied it, and thus were
ignorant and unjust both to themselves and others.
Allah
–Exalted is He- said: “When thy Lord drew forth from the Children of Adam from
their loins, their descendants, and made them testify concerning themselves,
(saying): "Am I not your Lord (Who cherishes and sustains you)?" They said:
"Yea! we do testify!" (this), lest ye should say on the Day of Judgment: "Of
this we were never mindful. Or lest ye should say: "Our fathers before us may
have taken false gods, but we are (their) descendants after them: wilt Thou then
destroy us because of the deeds of men who were futile? Thus do We explain the
Signs in detail, and perchance they may turn (unto Us). Thus do We explain the
Signs in detail, and perchance they may turn (unto Us). Relate to them the story
of the man to whom We sent Our Signs, but he passed them by: so Satan followed
him up, and he went astray. If it had been Our Will, We should have elevated him
with Our Signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires.
His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or
if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude
of those who reject Our Signs; so relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
Evil as an example are people who reject Our Signs and wrong their own souls.” [Surah
of the Mountain of A’raf 172-177].
Man’s
judgment is often superficial, and it is the means through which those with
little strength of mind can defy the facts, but there are serious issues which
require careful thought and study from each individual, especially the issues
relating to faith. Bearing in mind the purpose of encouraging scientific and
intellectual research (and it is Allah who is behind purposes) we are aiming to
construct this site and we invite each intellectual and writer to bring forth
any intellectual or scientific contribution that would serve to bring out the
scientific and epistemological dimension without causing any personal or
religious resentments.
Allah
said: “No intercession can avail in His Presence, except for those for whom He
has granted permission. So far (is this the case) that, when terror is removed
from their hearts (at the Day of Judgment, then) will they say, \'What is it that
your Lord commanded? They will say: \'That which is true and just; and He is the
Most High, Most Great. Say: "Who gives you sustenance, from the heavens and the
earth?" Say: "It is Allah; and certain it is that either we or ye are on right
guidance or in manifest error!" Say: "Ye shall not be questioned as to our sins,
nor shall we be questioned as to what ye do." Say: "Our Lord will gather us
together and will in the end decide the matter between us (and you) in
righteousness and justice: and He is the One to decide, the One Who knows all” [Surah
of Sheba, 23-26]. |