Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 310
AL-BAYYINAH A MANIFEST PRINCIPLE. AND AL-QAYYIMAH – AN EVERLASTING TEACHING yet another way of endorsing the inviolable principle of rationality. . Thus, whenever and in whatever area the scientists' understanding of the material world is correct, it is impossible for the Word of God to contradict it. The converse is also true. As such whenever we witness a perfect accord between the two, the quality of their absolute truth becomes par-absolute. . In the light of what has passed, we are ready now to undertake the issue of Quranic revelation and examine its validity on the touchstone of rationality and reason, category by category. 301