Advice from the Teachers #1
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- The Qur'an is not trying to prove to you
that it is a miracle:
Rather the Qur'an is
psychological, look into yourself, look outside of yourself. The
Qur'an guides a person through different forms of reflection.
Use
your sense of balance and justice (universally recognised principles)
- but ask yourself where did you get your balance from? How can that
balance make you become even better, by not just believing it os
right, but implementing and spreading balance and justice among
mankind too.
It goes beyond philosophy, it actually guides to
what is higher than human thought. This is Qur'anic logic.
And this is why the Qur'an really guides the people to Islam.
2
- Should we understand Qur'an through
Modern Scientific Explanations?
The
Qur'an is not speaking to us in scientific explanations, but through
human experience - what the eye sees and percieves. So if
we stay true to the language and how the Arabs would comunciate to
each other during the life of Allah's Messenger - then we may be
closer to the intended meaning of the Qur'ans understandings.
This
general rule will remove all doubts against the Qur'an by atheists
who might say that the Qur'an is scientifically incorrect. It isn't.
Rather, the Qur'an is explained for the masses, so it will describe
what is clear/apparent to the human eye.
So
yes, we are aware that the night is really due to a lack of sunlight
(many early muslim scientists would even affirm such concepts,
knowing well that the Qur'an is not in contradiction), but Allah will
still describe it as a covering for us, since that is its role and it
actually does look like that for the general masses of people
throughout history.
This may be done to avoid wasteful dispute
throughout history, and instead allow
mankind to agree on what is fully apparent,
so they should reflect and be grateful for that. Then, scientists can
study these phenomenon further to see them from a purely scientific
perspective.
This is an answer to
those who might be in doubt as to how some verses can be interpreted
scientifically. So in reality, they don't have to be interpreted in
such a manner.
3 - Islam will only guide those who have a will for Decency and goodness.
The easiest transition to Emaan (belief in Allah's religion) is for those who have care for humanity, and they do not engulf themselves in false pleasures which are forbidden. These are the people who are most likely to come to Islam. Why?
Because they already care for the people, they already want to do good, and they want to stay away from evil – so we should, especially, focus on these types of people when inviting others to the religion of Allah.
[mentioned in Tafseer surah Balad]