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Struggle Between Reason and Revelation - Dr. Israr Ahmad
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Struggle Between Reason and Revelation in Islam
Dr. Israr Ahmad
This essay is excerpted from an article by Dr. Israr Ahmad. It was originally published in Urdu, in the October 1968 issue of “Mithaq.”  The struggle between 'aql and naql has been going on in Muslim history almost since the very beginning.  The fact is that “religion,” in its essence, is a form of naql, for it was first transmitted from God to the Angel of Revelation to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and then from the exalted personality of the Prophet to his Companions and subsequently from one generation of Muslims to the next till it reached us.  Thus, the foundation of religion is naql — and not 'aql.  However, it is obvious that religion is addressed to human beings! The fact of the matter is that human beings—even if all of them may not be “rational”—do indeed follow a small minority of people who are “rational.”  Consequently, it is not altogether wrong to call the human being as such a “rational animal.”  Read More...