How To Reawaken Internal Guidance And The Innate Voice That Allah Sent Us With?
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Thanks Brother Faraz for your detailed answer. It just happens that I was thinking why are we preaching Islam before a person has even realized the innate voice of guidance. Shouldn’t we tell Muslims and nonMuslims to first recognize the innate guidance if there exists such innate guidance. Once a person realizes that his innate voice is telling that there is only one and independent god, then we give him the details of Islam and a copy of Quran. Why don’t we do it this way, instead of debates and arguments with each other?
Brother Faraz, Quran states that Allah has provided us the concept of one god and basic sense of right and wrong. As a believer I can’t reject that unless we misunderstood the meaning of those Ayahs. Logically speaking, I haven’t accepted or rejected the concept of innate guidance, but one thing for sure, when I was a nonbeliever, whenever I thought about god I always thought about one god by default. I am not sure if this is the same for everyone.
Brother Faraz: I believe in science but science is not everything and it is not error free. Science hasn’t even ventured into our soul, life or creation. It is completely silent. Concept of Allah is much higher than science. Regarding people who search for meaning may not come to Islam for many reasons. We do not know if they are satisfied with other religions. So I do not think that is a reliable judgement. Anyhow, here are the Ayahs that directly or indirectly tell us that the concept of one God and the concept of right and wrong are built into us. Just think deeper and look into the indirect meaning. Some verses are quite obvious, such as 30:30. 7:172, 7:173, 30:30, 33:72, 36:60, 40:67, 45:22, 55:4, 76:2 [7:172] Recall that your Lord summoned all the descendants of Adam, and had them bear witness for themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They all said, “Yes. We bear witness.” Thus, you cannot say on the Day of Resurrection, “We were not aware of this.” [7:173] Nor can you say, “It was our parents who practiced idolatry, and we simply followed in their footsteps. Will You punish us because of what others have innovated?” [30:30] Therefore, you shall devote yourself to the religion of strict monotheism. Such is the natural instinct placed into the people by GOD. Such creation of GOD will never change. This is the perfect religion, but most people do not know. [36:60] Did I not covenant with you, O Children of Adam, that you shall not worship the devil? That he is your most ardent enemy? [40:67] He is the One who created you from dust, and subsequently from a tiny drop, then from a hanging embryo, then He brings you out as a child, then He lets you reach maturity, then you become old – some of you die earlier. You attain a predetermined age, that you may understand. [45:22] GOD created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose, in order to pay each soul for whatever it earned, without the least injustice. [55:1] The Most Gracious. [55:2] Teacher of the Quran. [55:3] Creator of the human beings. [55:4] He taught them how to distinguish. [76:1] Is it not a fact that there was a time when the human being was nothing to be mentioned? [76:2] We created the human from a liquid mixture, from two parents, in order to test him. Thus, we made him a hearer and a seer.