Allah who knows the seen and the unseen proclaims that the Quran revealed to the Holy Prophet is the truth of assured certainty (haqqul yaqin), which can never be disproved.
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Truth as understood by man by the application of his power of judgement and appraisement of visible evidence through reasoning or inference is called ilmul yaqin.
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If he sees something with his own eyes, described as "seeing is believing", it is called Ayn ul yaqin which sometimes terminates in delusion or deception.
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tafsir 69:38 --from here
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"Argue with a fool, and most likely the fool is doing the same... because the problem is not, do you believe what you see, but what is it that you see?"
-- reproduced, with thanks
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"Argue with a fool, and most likely the fool is doing the same... because the problem is not, do you believe what you see, but what is it that you see?"
-- reproduced, with thanks
2 comments:
oh and also: seeing is believing :)
salam,
I just skimmed past this again, it has been a long time, hasnt it? I just wanted to mention, the shia hold that the ascension (me'raj) was physical as well as spiritual: the Prophet (saw) ascended many many times spiritually, but the me'raj was a complete ascension of body and soul. The Quran refers to the event in surat al Isra I believe saying that Glory is to Allah who took His servant (abd) from the sacred mosque to the farthest mosque: here it states in tafsir that the word abd implies the whole human being, not just the spirit. There is an essay you can read which summarises the arguments for a physical ascension, on our community website: http://www.al-rasool.co.uk/ahlulbayt/Meraj.pdf
with salam.
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