Islam: why and how? Episode 5

What is the way to salvation from blind love and faith?

2:43

2:43

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The difficulty of correct and rational living is not only because our base and animal tendencies prevent us from submitting to the command of reason; but in addition to this, sometimes passionate tendencies and transcendent emotions force us to choose between reason and love.

This difficulty becomes greater when we know that only firm faith can take man out of wandering in the face of the multitude of different opinions, and without the attraction of fascination and love, the burden of doubt and hesitation always weighs on the human soul and spirit and slows his movement.

Although there is no doubt in the peace that faith brings and the passion that love stirs and all these goodnesses should not be ignored, but attention to the abundance of destructive faiths and the harm of blind loves leaves no solution other than making human wisdom priority and ruler over any feeling and tendency.

The way of salvation is to consider unconditional faith suitable only for the absolute truth that is currently not within our reach; therefore, to turn differences of opinion into an opportunity for truth-seeking and approaching that charming purpose and to rely on what we understand and remain silent in other matters.

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