The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam — Page 192
186 minds. Thus it is not merely a book that has been transmitted through generations, but comprises reasoned arguments of a high degree and is charged with shining light. Thus, intellectual arguments which have a sound basis undoubtedly lead a person to the certainty of knowledge by inference. This is indicated in the following verses: اِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ الَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَا يَت لأولى الْأَلْبَابِ الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللهَ فِيمَا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاطِلا سُبْحَنَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِه 229 That is, when wise and sensible persons reflect on the structure of the earth and the heavenly bodies and ponder over the alternation of the day and the night, they discover therein reasons in support of the existence of God. Thereupon they seek divine help for greater enlightenment and they remember God standing, and sitting, and lying on their sides, whereby their intellects are sharpened and their 229. In the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of the night and the day there are indeed Signs for men of understanding; Those who remember Allāh while standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and ponder over the creation of the heavens and the earth: “Our Lord, you have not created this in vain; nay, Holy are You; save us, then, from the punishment of the Fire. (The Holy Quran, Al-e-Imran 3:191-192)