logical proofs

# 7 Obeying God is the most rational thing to do “And obey God and the Prophet[1] so that you may be given mercy.” (Quran 3:132) When I travel by plane, I usually hear the pilot announce—via the inflight audio system—to fasten our seat belts due to oncoming turbulence.  My typical response involves sitting down, fastening […]

Special Mercy Connected to Ar-Rahmaan is Ar-Raheem.  These names share the same root as the previous, which comes from the Arabic word for womb.  The difference in meaning however is significant.  Ar-Raheem refers to a special mercy for those who want to embrace it.  Whoever chooses to accept God’s guidance has essentially accepted His special mercy.  This special mercy is

# 3 God provides us with innumerable favours “And if you should [try to] count the favours of God, you could not enumerate them.  Indeed mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful.” (Quran 14:34) We should be eternally grateful to God because we could never thank Him for His blessings.  The heart is an appropriate

7 Reasons why God is worthy of worship # 1 God is worthy of worship by virtue of who He is The best place to start is to understand who God is.  God, by definition, is the One who is entitled to our worship; it is a necessary fact of His own existence.  The Quran

The gravest sin Associating partners with God is the gravest sin.  The consequence of this sin is that the one who dies in such a state and has not repented dies in a state of disbelief.  This will never be forgiven by God.  (This applies to major forms of associating partners with God.  There are

God makes it very clear that the purpose of our lives is to worship Him, “And I did not create the jinn (spirit world) and mankind except to worship Me.” (Quran 51:56).   The concept of worship in the Islamic tradition is profound.  Worship entails that we must know, love and obey God, as well as single out

Though we can understand the world around us using rational thought, how can we formulate an argument or verify our conclusions? Well, this lies in the study of logic which essentially means the principles of reasoning, with particular emphasis on the structure of our arguments. Let’s illustrate the use of logic in the following example:

Death  “Every soul is certain to taste death.” (Quran 21:35) “Death will overtake you no matter where you may be” (Quran 4:78) Death is something we as living beings do not enjoy thinking about.  It creates the realisation within us that all of the attachments we have built in this world are no longer going

Believing that we have no purpose is not only irrational, it is practically problematic because it presents an indication that a lot of the things we have achieved as humans beings most probably would not have happened as many of the people who have accomplished amazing achievements, including the discovery of penicillin, would not have

Success “…they are the ones who are successful.” (Quran 7:157) “Truly, this is the supreme success!” (Quran 37:60) One of the best definitions I have found of success is “the completion of what is intended”.  For example, if I were to intend to learn how to drive, and I passed my driving test, that would