Islam and Peace
Islam in the Modern World
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have necessarily to accept a first cause underlying
the creation of the universe. That is, if there were no
cause, the universe would not have existed. It has
made it possible for us to tell the rationalists that all
along they have been giving their attention to a
wrong set of options. In their view, a choice had to
be made between a universe with God and a
universe without God, whereas the real choice was
between a universe with God and no universe at all.
Since we cannot opt for a non-existent universe, we
are compelled to choose the universe with God.
VALIDITY OF INFERENTIAL ARGUMENT
To prove Islamic belief in the unseen world, our
religious scholars have so far used inferential
argument. That is, they suppose an unknown reality
on the basis of a known reality. The rationalists’
view of this argument was that its method was
academically invalid, as it was based on the
principle of indirect argument. They demanded to
be given an argument of a direct nature. Only then
would they accept it.
In this matter – as in material matters – the river of
science has been flowing in favour of Islam. The
