Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 270
DIVINE REVELATION AND RATIONALITY. As against this, there is not a single verse in the entire. Quran advocating irrational dogmatic invasion of the world of ideas. To conclude, we quote just a few of the verses to give the reader a taste of how the Holy Quran emphasizes the role of reason, rationality and solid evidence in the realm of ideas and beliefs. 264 أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَبَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ* 2:45. Do you enjoin others to do what is good and forget your own selves, while you read the Book? Will you not then understand?⁹ بَعْضٍ وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا أَمَنَّا وَإِذَا حَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ الى قَالُوا أَتَحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَاجُوكُم بِهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ افَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ* 2:77. And when they meet those who believe, they say: 'We believe,' and when they meet one another in private, they say: 'Do you inform them of what. Allah has unfolded to you, that they may thereby argue with you before your Lord? Will you not then understand 210 وَقَالُوا لَنْ يُدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُوْدًا أَوْ نَصْرَى تِلْكَ اَمَانِيُّهُمْ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنتُمْ صَدِقِيْنَ* 2:112. And they say, 'None shall ever enter Heaven unless he be a Jew or a Christian. ' These are their vain desires. Say, Produce your proof, if you are truthful. '!!