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Category Archives: Philosophy of Religion
Seyyed Kamal Al Haydari: Difference between understanding the Holy Qur’an and interpreting it
My latest video post on Seyyed Kamal Al Haydari’s view towards scholars and religious authorities who don’t differentiate between qur’anic interpretation (exegesis) and understanding the meaning of the Holy Qur’an.
A new approach to Theology
The other day I read about a study (published about a month ago), which made me feel that today, more than ever, the importance of building strong and intelligent Islamic institutions, headed by a strong and intelligent Islamic leadership of … Continue reading
Posted in imam khomeini, Islamic Doctrines, Islamic Philosophy, Islamophobia, martyr murtadha mutahhari, Philosophy of Religion, Seyyed Kamal Al Haydari, Seyyed Muhammad Baqir Al-Sadr, theosophy
Tagged atheism, christianity, debate, empirical science, ijtihad, inference, islamophobia, logic, materialism, modernisation, rational, religion debate, religious doctrines, scripture, shia-sunni debate, theology, theosophy
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Humanity’s need for Religion–Part 3
Now that we’ve answered some fundamental questions, here we commence with the Second Argument for the need for religion and prophets. This argument also requires several introductory points: 1) Man is composed of intellect and carnal desires – We tackled … Continue reading
Laws of the Hereafter (cont.)
b) Second Law – Transferal of Deeds This law is beyond the ability of the intellect and sense experience to discover, but can be clearly deduced from Qur’anic verses and narrations available to us. This law stresses that certain acts … Continue reading
Laws of the Hereafter
To understand the reason for humanity’s need for religion, we need to understand why we need God-sent Prophets and Messengers, those individuals who are able to transmit the Divine message in the clearest way, aided by miracles and scripture and … Continue reading
Humanity’s need for Religion – Part 2
Continuing from Part 1, we move on the topic of a believers’ actions and the corresponding effects: 4) The link between actions and reward: There are three types of reward that result from our actions in this world: a) Subjective … Continue reading
Ayatollah Mutahhari’s Critique of Modernity
by Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen, IslamicInsights.com First, there are various features of Marxist ideology that are point-blank rejected as contrary to Islam. In this way, Marxism often serves as a foil; a contrasting ideology that allows Shaheed Mutahhari to highlight various … Continue reading
Man’s unique characteristics
On a side note to the current study of ‘Humanity’s need for Religion’, we need to investigate some of Man’s unique characteristics in order to understand his creation more deeply. The Human being has several unique characteristics that distinguish him … Continue reading
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Tagged ethics, Holy Qur'an, humanity, prophets, Religion, soul
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Humanity’s need for Religion – Part 1
First Argument – This requires several introductions: 1) This world has a Creator/Lord I’m not going to go into a long a deep discussion on the existence of a Creator God [1], just as the Holy Qur’an does not, and … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, creation, goal of life, God, Religion
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Elevation of belief through action
We know that faith is found in varying degrees depending on the level of knowledge of the believer. And each degree of faith carries certain responsibilities and duties, and an external manifestation (behaviour) of that doctrine is necessary. As for … Continue reading
The effect of actions on belief
In the early stages of a person’s faith his tenets/beliefs are considered to be unsettled and tentative, due to lack of sufficient knowledge and experience, and can easily fade at the slightest test or problem.[1] And as has become evident … Continue reading
Divine Closeness through Perfection
Allah (swt) is the source of all infinite theoretical and practical perfections and beauties. Based on this, as much as one adorns oneself with the beautiful attributes of the divine essence, like knowledge, justice, forgiveness, kindness, mercy, wisdom and generosity, … Continue reading
Relationship between Faith, Knowledge and Deeds
بسمه تعلى Faith is to believe in a thing and to abide by its code, and in the Qur’anic doctrine it is the faith in Allah (swt), His Divine Unity, His Prophets and their messages, and the Last Day; faith … Continue reading
Relationship between Religion and Intellect (العقل)
بسمه تعلى The intellect is the tool given to Man to understand and distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and the reason why there are different levels of perfection. Yet even this magnificent being we call the intellect, … Continue reading
Understanding the true meaning of Religion
بسمه تعلى The Holy Qur’an refers to Religion as meaning reward (مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ – Master of the Day of Judgment) [1], and obedience (وَوَصَّىٰ بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَىٰ لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ … Continue reading
