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Faith Requires A Balance

A place where logic and trust gel


He created the laws of creation and the creation from those laws

Allah is our creator. He created the laws of creation and the creation from those laws. It’s not easy for us to comprehend this concept thoroughly, as we are the creation and bound by the limits of our comprehension. Our understanding works well with other forms of creation. Although we still struggle in understanding many phenomena on our own planet, in our solar system and beyond. The farther we go the more exposed our comprehension limits are. It’s because our comprehension requires a baseline to compare against. For instance we cannot explain speed alone without distance as a factor? How about explaining distance without movement as a factor? To explain one property we require the assistance of another property at the minimum. A property by itself has no meaning to us. Science as we know it, is not possible otherwise. This isn’t a flaw, this is by design.

It is at this point science gives up and mind wanders without a guide or a direction, stuck in a loop without an exit statement

The laws of creation brought the laws of our comprehension into existence. We are just not able to suspend these laws even for a moment. Similarly to how the laws of motion cannot be suspended for instance. They exist as they are without any loopholes. If laws could be suspended they wouldn’t be regarded as laws. If there were loopholes, our very universe would start to collapse within itself. So, the farther we move from our familiar area, we have less and less known properties to rely on to help explain other unknown properties. Until we reach the beginning of creation where we are left with nothing familiar and no baselines to help explain how it all began. It is at this point science gives up and mind wanders without a guide or a direction, stuck in a loop without an exit statement.

إِنَّمَآ أَمْرُهُۥٓ إِذَآ أَرَادَ شَيْـًٔا أَن يَقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

Al-Qur`an 36:82

All it takes, when He wills something ˹to be˺, is simply to say to it: “Be!” And it is!

Faith and Test

ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ

Al-Qur’an 30:40

It is Allah who created you and provided for you, who will cause you to die and then give you life again

Qur`an explains everything we need for our successful existence nothing less, nothing more

Faith requires a fine balance between logic and trust. Excess of either can result in a less impressive being. Throughout Qur`an, Allah encourages human beings to experience his creation and wonder about its existence so we can strengthen our faith. Contrary to what some may believe, nothing of this world goes against faith in Allah except our own ego and the influence of Satan. Science is not the creator of our existence, but merely an explanation we have for the creation, although a very good one. Science may explain certain things we want to, but not always things we need to. Qur`an explains everything we need for our successful existence nothing less, nothing more. Once we have formed our faith, the journey has just begun.

أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

Al-Qur’an 29:2

Do people think that once they say, ‘We believe,’ they will be left alone and not be put to the test?