Just a small passage from the book Tahafut-ul-Falasife by Imam-i Ghazali: There, he says, “Scientists’ words are of three types. Their words of the first type explain the facts which scientific experiments have discovered. Though these words of theirs agree with Islam, their wording is wrong. For instance, they say, ‘Nothing can move by itself. There is a power which makes everything move. This power is a natural force. Everything is made by nature.’ On the other hand, Islam says, ‘Nothing can move by itself. There is a power that makes every object move. This power is Allah’s power. Everything is made by Allahu ta’ala.’ Their words of the second type are about things which Islam does not explain, but commands, ‘Research and find out!’ Whether we believe their words of this type or not, it does not cause the faith to be lost. For example, they say that a lunar eclipse is a result of our earth coming between the sun and the moon. (If we believe or not believe in this Science for whatever reason, it’s fine. That is because it does not contradict our faith.) Their ideas of the third type are those which disagree with what is declared clearly in the Shariat. All of these things are hypotheses, that is, suppositions or fabrications under the curtain of science, fruits of sheer bigotry and ignorance. Allahu ta’ala exists with His Attributes, the things that will happen at the end of the world, and the Resurrection are all within the principles of iman. One should not believe in thoughts that disagree with these or that will ruin the belief in these realities. It is necessary to persuade everybody to believe in them and to refute those who oppose them.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 10:14:01 +0000
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