Reason in Religion and Denial of Angels
“Some scholars consider the use of reason in religion absolutely unnecessary, while others consider the use of reason necessary and therefore deny whatever does not fit into reason in religion, such as denying angels. Please explain the correct position.”Asked by Iqbal Umri, Tamil Nadu
He answers at 27:47 in Q&A · 4 min 5 sec
27:47maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai Maulana Iqbal Umri sahib ka. unhon ne poocha hai: "baaz ulma aql ke istemal ko deen mein bilkul ghair zaroori samajhte hain, aur baaz aql ke istemal ko zaroori qarar de kar jo cheez deen ki aql mein nahi aati, us ko inkaar karte hain, jaise angels ka inkaar waghera." Maulana sahib, is mein sahi baat ki wazahat farmayen. dekhiye, hadith mein aur quran mein dono mein aql ko bohat ahmiyat di gayi hai. wali al-zikr al-bab surah al-imran ke aakhri ruku ko parhiye aap. is mein wali al-zikr al-bab, al-bab yaani al-aql, aql walay, aql walon ko Allah taala ne khitab farmaya ke aql di gayi hai kis liye? taake tum samjho deen ki gehraiyon ko. naseehat hazir roz se. to aql to Allah taala ka diya hai.
28:47aql na ho, agar insan pathar bana diya jaye to baaton ko samjhega nahi. to aql to hadith mein aata hai ke Allah taala ne sab se bari cheez jo paida ki, woh aql hai. to dekhiye, do cheezen alag alag hain. ek hai aql ko, aql ko yaani independently meyar samajh lena. independently aql ko samajhna ke bas jo aql mein aaya, woh sahi hai, jo aql mein aaya, woh galat hai. yeh aql ka galat istemal hai. yeh mistake hai aql ka. aql jo hai, is ki koi limitations hain.
29:33wa ma utiytum min al-ilm illa qaleela. to is ki limitations jo hain, woh poori hoti hain wahi se. yaani peghambar ko jo wahi aayi hai, woh isi liye aayi hai ke woh aql ki kami ko poora kare. to sochna hamara kaam hai, lekin sochne ke liye jo guideline hai, woh peghambar deta hai. sahi line par sochna. ek yaani wahi ke zariye se hamein woh framework milta hai, jis framework ke ko follow karte hue hum aql ko istemal karen.
30:10to jo log wahi ko nahi mante ya quran ko nahi mante, to woh un ka, un ki, un ki aql un ko sahi rastay par nahi le aati, bhatka deti hai. kyunke aql ke liye limitations hain. yeh ek tashdeed baat hai, yeh baat sabit shuda hai ke aql ki limitations hain. to is limitations ki talafi wahi se hoti hai, yaani peghambar ki hidayat se hoti hai. to mein yeh manta hoon ke peghambar ki hidayat ke framework mein aql ko istemal karna aain-e-sawab hai, aain-e-sawab hai. aur peghambar ki hidayat ko nazar andaaz kar ke aql ka ghora dorana,
30:55woh woh sawab nahi hai. is mein koi reward nahi hai. to aql bohat bari cheez hai, lekin is ka agar aap aql ko wahi se kaat dein to woh to woh ek sarkash ghora ban jayegi. aur agar aql ko wahi se jor kar is ko istemal karen to bohat hi ziyada is mein faiday honge. balkay sara, yaani tazkiya ka faida, marifat ka faida, saare faiday isi mein hain ke aap aql ko sahi dhang par istemal karen. is mein koi shaq nahi hai.
31:38is mani mein maine jo hamari kitab hai, yaani islam aur science, is mein is par kuch guftagu ki gayi hai. is mein aap dekh sakte hain. molana, agla sawal haiderabad se aya hai mr ahad sham hasnain sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "molana, i am very careless at times, despite knowing all the pros and cons of being careless, and knowing that the path i have chosen will surely lead to failure.