Islams Reformers

that Allâhu ta’âlâ existed. They said that all the things had one
creator. A glitter of the lights which prophets spread illuminated
their darkened hearts. Remnants from the open dining-tables of
those great people became medication for these deadly ill people.
Likewise, what prophets revealed, such as that Allâhu ta’âlâ has
Superior Attributes, that He has sent prophets, that angels are
innocent, that there will be Rising after death and that there are
infinite blessings, favours in Paradise and torments in Hell and
many other things which Islam declares, cannot be comprehended
through reasoning. Unless these are heard from prophets, they
cannot be explored with men’s short minds.
“Ancient Greek Philosophers said that reason never went
wrong and it comprehended the truth of everthing and was
without a limit. They tried to solve by reasoning what reason could
not comprehend. On the contrary, reason goes wrong even in
worldly knowledge. And it can never comprehend the knowledge
pertaining to the next world. As reason can explore the things that
cannot be comprehended through the senses, so the things which
reason cannot comprehend will be understood through prophets’
revelation. As reason is above the sense organs, so prophethood is
above the power of reason. The things which the power of reason
cannot reach will be learned through prophets’ revelation. To
believe that Allâhu ta’âlâ exists and is one only through the
comprehension and admission of reason and to say that it cannot
be comprehended or believed in another way, will mean to deny in
prophets, which is like denying the sun.
“Allâhu ta’âlâ is the One who has created men and sends every
blessing which is necessary for their maintenance in existence.
Everybody knows that he who does favours should be thanked.
And again, prophets are necessary for knowing how to thank for
His blessings. Thanks and respect which they have not revealed
are not worthy of Him. Man cannot know how to thank Him and
he may suppose something which is disrespect towards Him to be
thanks and respect. While meaning to thank, he may be
disrespectful. It can be understood how to thank Allâhu ta’âlâ only
by prophets’ revelation. The information called ‘inspiration’,
which occurs to the hearts of the Awliyâ’, happens only by
following prophets. If inspiration happened through reasoning, the
ancient Greek philosophers, who followed only their reason,
would not have deviated from the right path. They would have
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