[ihr_list] Re: Reason!
- From: Omer Abid <omerabid70@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ihr_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:55:55 +0300
Zeshan,
I like the tract very much. The brief size of it is very handy. The
content is to the point, cogent, and beautiful.
I agree that using reason is related to our salvation but I think it would
be good whenever appropriate if we can go further back from reason and say
that ultimately being good is the key to our salvation.
What I mean is that using our reason should be the natural behavior of
someone who is good....someone who is good should want to use the tool of
reason to discover what is true to maximize what is good for him and others
in a just and generous way.
The upshot is that someone may want to employ reason for selfish or evil
intentions...and that if he or she does so, then it will not help them.
And if someone who is a good person did not employ reason for some issue
innocent of him or her like some neurological problem then he or she would
not be held accountable but rather still saved and blessed for the goodness
in their hearts.
Of course I assume you and we all intuitively presuppose the above, but it
may be beneficial to point out in some of our writings to make that clear.
Omer
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Zeshan Shahbaz <zshahbaz@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But when they are told, "Follow what God has bestowed from on high," some
> answer, "Nay, we shall follow [only] that which we found our forefathers
> believing in and doing." Why, even if their forefathers did not use their
> reason at all, and were devoid of all guidance?
> And so, the parable of those who are bent on denying the truth is that of
> the beast which hears the shepherd's cry, and hears in it nothing but the
> sound of a voice and a call. Deaf are they, and dumb, and blind: for they
> do not use their reason. (Quran 2:170-171)
>
> Contrary to popular belief (even among many so-called proponents of the
> Quran), Islam is based on Reason. Refer to my short tract for more on this:
> http://m.optagon.page.tl/What-is-the-Core-Method-of-Islam-f-.htm
>
>
> Zeshan Shahbaz
> IHR
> higherreasoning@xxxxxxxx
> http://instituteofhigherreasoning.page.tl/
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