Islam and Peace
Islam in the Modern World
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above objection had apparently carried weight in
the days when the study of science was macro-
cosmic in scope. But as soon as scientific research
began to delve into the microcosmic world, the
balance tipped in favour of inferential argument.
For it was revealed that the deeper realities of
nature itself were those which did not come under
the sphere of direct argument. For instance, the
establishment of the existence of oxygen or X-rays is
arrived at by indirect or inferential argument.
Modern philosophers, such as Bertrand Russell,
have demonstrated that inferential argument is as
valid as the direct argument.
That is why, in science itself, inferential argument is
held to be valid. Without it, scientific study could
not be continued in the microcosmic world. In this
way, a new chapter on unseen realities has been
opened for the
da’is.
I was once asked by a non-believer by what set of
criteria I establish the existence of God. I replied
that it was the self-same criteria on which he
himself relied. He remained silent at this. For he
knew full well that his own scientific concepts were
