Islam Rediscovered
2. Faith and Reason
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SPIRITUAL ARGUMENT
Yet another argument is that which is based on
spiritual experience. Some people, who engage in
spiritual exercises and have spiritual experiences,
say that when they reach the deeper levels of the
human consciousness, they find an unlimited world
which cannot be described in limited language.
They insist that this limitless, unexplainable
phenomenon is nothing but God Almighty Himself.
The critics say that even if this spiritual state is as
real as is claimed by those who enter it, it is still a
subjective experience; that it conveys nothing to
those who have not experienced the same spiritual
state.
All the above arguments are in one way or another
inferential in nature and not of the direct kind. In
view of this fact, the critics hold that all faiths,
including Islam, have no scientific basis. They
contend that Islamic theology is not based on
primary rationalism, but on secondary rationalism.
However, these contentions appeared to be valid
only by the end of the nineteenth century. The
