From: irfan@n3000c.ece.wisc.edu (Irfan Alan)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: THE SCIENCE, TRUTH AND REAL CIVILIZATION - PART 3
Date: 6 Nov 1992 11:49:45 GMT
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH; THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL

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THE SCIENCE,  THE TRUTH, AND REAL  CIVILIZATION, PART 3
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PART 3 of a Lecture Presenting the Islamic Point of View 
in a Dialogue with Christians.

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THE STRONGEST VOICE:  THE QUR'AN.  WHY?

In another way of saying, as time gets older the Qur'an gets
younger.  This is because Islam is founded on reality, it relies
on proof, it suits sound reasoning, and it is in agreement with
the principles of wisdom.  The governing laws in Creation are
the rules of Allah.  Therefore, Islam is most suitable to the
laws of creation, and flourishes with their help.  

Islam, for this reason, never needs to change or adopt to
changing time and circumstances, because time and circumstances
are themselves subject to the laws of creation.  Prophet
Mohammed (ASM) established all the essentials of Islam as well
as all its details for a society.  He also himself lived Islam
and showed its application.  Changing the details of Islam would
be like skinning a body off.  It would kill it.

On the contrary, other religions often misfit the changing times
and needs, and are constantly forced to change and adopt.  Jesus
(AS) did not have time to institutionalize his religion and
showed its details pertaining to society.  It is instead, The
Church founders and particularly Paul, who devised rules and
laws of Christianity.  Therefore, if those laws are changed, it
would be like putting on a new dress, and the teachings of Jesus
himself would not be nullified.

We, Muslims, are students of the Qur'an; we follow proof and
inquiry.  We approach the truths of belief through reason and
thought as well as agreement in our hearts.  We do not abandon
proof for blind imitation of the clergy like some followers of
other religions or follow unjustified interpretations and
conjectures of few pharaoh-like scientists.   

CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO WISDOM

Actually, Jesus (AS) also encouraged his followers to have
certainty in their belief in the Creator through wisdom and
contentment of the heart and the mind.  He facilitated
understanding of his people by appealing to their wisdom and
thinking through many simple stories and examples.  For example,
in Matthew 7:24-27:

"Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them,
I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a
rock:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it
was founded upon a rock.  

And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them
not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house
upon the sand:  And the rain descended, and the floods came, and
the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great
was the fall of it."

How about what Paul -self-appointed apostle- says about wisdom? 
We read in the book he wrote (Corinthians 1:19):  "For it is
written, I (God) will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent."  This is why
the Church was so much allergic towards wisdom, and made
Christians approach their own wisdom as devilish.  We all know
the historical events which are witnesses to this.  It took for
the Church 3 centuries to accept its error in denouncing
Galilee.  We, Muslims, are waiting patiently to see how long
more it will take for the Church to recognize the truth of the
Miraculous Qur'an and the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (ASM)!  Of
course, such an acceptance of the Church means its very end. 

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To be continued In$a Allah.
Your Br. Irfan in Islam.