WISDOM (‘AQL) AND QUR’AN

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WISDOM (‘AQL) AND QUR’AN

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WISDOM (‘AQL) AND QUR’AN
Wisdom (‘aql in arabic) is a hidden power of thinking and logic.It discovers unknown realities from the known ones. Wisdom makes logical rules using plausible reasoning by induction and deduction. Wisdom then reaches useful conclusions and results based on these logical rules.
There are several synonyms used for wisdom in practice including but not limited to reason, intellect, insight, acumen, balance, clear thinking, comprehension, enlightenment, foresight, good judgment, clear judgment, judiciousness, prudence, sagacity, sanity, rationality, savvy, shrewdness and understanding. Most prevalent antonyms of wisdom are ignorance and stupidity.
Quran has put a great amount of emphasis on applying wisdom in all matters including gaining the knowledge about God, life after death, interpreting history, relationships of various religions, knowing good and evils, justice and injustice, freedom and oppression, nature of this world, moral and immoral and the purpose of this life.
As a result of this importance, the Qur’an acknowledges the “authority” (hajjah) of wisdom.

The Qur’an’s Emphasis on Clear Reasoning
We first present arguments concerning the authority of wisdom from the Qur’an itself. The Qur’an, in various ways, confirms the authority of wisdom. Hundreds of verses can be cited in which the Qur’an indicates that such and such a matter has been mentioned for wisdom to reflect on. In one instance, the Qur’an refers to this issue in a striking statement: 
Surely the worst of beasts in God’s sight are those that are deaf and dumb and do not reason. (8:22) 
Of course, it is obvious that the Qur’an does not mean the physically deaf and dumb, but those who do not want to listen to truth, or those who, when they hear, do not wish to admit it with their tongues. In the view of the Qur’an, the ears which are unable to listen to truth and which are only used for listening to absurd and nonsensical things, are deaf. The tongue which is merely used to utter nonsense, is dumb. The people who do not reason, are those who do not make use of their wisdom and their faculty of thought. Such are not fit to be called human beings. The Qur’an includes them among the beasts.
References to the Law of Causality
The other argument that supports the view that the Qur’an approves of the ultimate authority of wisdom, is that it defines various problems in terms of cause-and-effect relationship. The cause-and-effect relationship, or the law of causation, is the foundation of rational thinking. This law is honored by the Qur’an and is also employed by it.
The Qur’an speaks on behalf of God, the Almighty, the Creator of the system of cause and effect. Despite the fact that His Word transcends the limitations of causality, the Qur’an is not oblivious of pointing out to the system of causality operating in the universe; it views all phenomena and events as being subservient to this system. The following verse supports this view: 
   Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition… (13:11)

written by Dr. Syed Rizvi
Islamic Wisdom
the above excerpts have been edited-full article go to Islamic Wisdom


The difference between human and animals is the ‘intellect’, the ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding. intellect enables man to think rationally and discern right from wrong, truth from falsehood.

Quran repeatedly emphases and urge the people to use their intellect to understand its message. Blind faith without reason is faith of ignorants. Islam is a religion without any mythology. Its teachings are simple and intelligible. It is free from superstitions and irrational beliefs.

“No self can believe except with God’s permission. He places a blight on those who do not use their intellect” (The Qur’an, 10:100)
The oneness of God, the prophet-hood of Muhammad (pbuh), and the concept of life after death are the basic articles of its faith. They are based on reason and sound logic. All of the teachings of Islam flow from those basic beliefs and are simple and straightforward. There is no hierarchy of priests, no farfetched abstractions, no complicated rites or rituals. Islam awakens in man the faculty of reason and exhorts him to use his intellect:

And in the alternation of night and day, and in the provision God sends down from the sky, bringing Earth to life by it after it has died, and in the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for people who use their intellect. (Qur’an, 45:5)Quran enjoins people to see things in the light of reality.

“Verily, the vilest of all creatures in the sight of God are those deaf, those dumb ones who do not use their intellect.” (Quran; 8:22)

“..he who perished might perish by a clear proof and he who survived might survive by a clear proof “(Quran; 8:42)

“There is no compulsion in religion. Certainly, right has become clearly distinct from wrong. Whoever rejects the devil and believes in God has firmly taken hold of a strong handle that never breaks. God is All-hearing and knowing.”(Quran;2:256)

for full article
https://salaamone.wordpress.com/2018/12/28/intellect-2/



Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
https://youtu.be/1a8pI65emDE

i am still trying to figure it out -:) on the day of judgement i will not be asked this ?

BUT THIS ONE

FOLLOWING FOREFATHERS.
The Qur’ān and the development of rational thinking
Abstract
"In this study, the means utilized by the Qur’ān in actualizing the possibilities of all intellect to face the problem of blind imitation of ancestors were elaborated. Rationality as meant by the Qur’ān and embodied in its unique style is presented. Furthermore, the Qur’ānic documentation of the role of practical demonstration on the individual's mind as well as the societies’ collective mind is pointed out. In addition, the study shows how the Qur’ān guides people to the proper use of reason within a scientific framework of mind."
INTRODUCTION
"In agreement with Kalin,[1] Crow,[2] Kazi[3] and Iqbal,[4] contrary to the pre-Islamic period of Jāhiliyyah,“ignorance”, Islam represented the era of not only faith, but also knowledge, reason, justice, freedom and humanism in its real attributes of: Tolerance, altruism, and respect to human beings. Hence, by the middle of the seventh century, a new sociopolitical order as well as a new ontology of the reason was established.
Therefore, the ontological ground of the Qur’ānic reason and rationality were known long before the Greek philosophical texts, which were translated into Arabic in the middle of the ninth century as stated by Ibn‘Abi-’Uṣaybiʿah.[5]
Then, as the birth of Islam was in fact a birth of inductive intellect (Iqbal),[4] in this study we are trying to explore some of the means by which the Qur’ān shapes the human mind to adopt its new ontological ground of reason and mode of thinking."
[for complete article see down under]

The Qur'ān and the development of rational thinking - PMChttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC4374248
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The Qur'ān and the development of rational thinking - Sign inhttps://applications.emro.who.int › Urol_Ann › Ur...
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animation -forefathers
https://youtu.be/kFuShbPceRc
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