Is there any connection in Islam between faith and reason?

Question

Is it harder for Muslims to reconcile faith and reason than for Christians?

Answer 1

Medieval muslim scholars made significant contributions to Western culture... the symbols used in our number system (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...) is Arabic in origin (as opposed to Roman numerals). This was an important advancement as we could now perform complex calculations without having to use tedius strings of letters to denote numbers, such as "MCMXLLII...". They also supplied us with what is perhaps one of the most potent arguments for the existence of God today, the Kalaam Cosmological Argument, as formulated by Dr. William Lane Craig, a Christian philosopher.

Answer 2

Yes it should be a connection in Islam between faith and reason because Islam is a rational religion.such as :
1)God/Allah swt is only one the Almighty,because if there are 3 their powers should be divided among the 3
2)There is no inherited sin,because each person should be responsible of his/her own sins.
3)Each person will be judged individually at resurrection day no prohet will help him/her because the only aid was his/her own good deeds.
4)Allah has given us holy Qur'an for all human beings,because the other holy books such as Zabur,Taurat and Bible was for only a certain race that is Jews. or Ibrani.
5)Zabur,Taurat and Bible has been updated and replaced by holy Qur'an because the others have been outdated and have been changed by persons not otiginal from our God.
6)Sun,moon and earth are rotated by the super power that is Allah,because if there is no super power regulator they do not work orderly.
7)After death in this world,there is an eternal life in heaven or in hell,because it is not fair and injustice if we all will go to heaven.
including corruptors,satans etc.
8)Holy qur'an as a life guide contains what should be done and what should not be done.The choice depends on individual of us
so it is fair if someone who select more bad doings will go to hell.
9)Satans vowed to Allah that they will tempting humans during their lives.It is fair if someone who can be easily tempted by satans go to hell,because he/she has a weak faith.
10) other issues etc

Answer 3

The Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors, none of the is Jesus himself. The Quran is a dictation (or recitation). The speaker in the Quran - in the first person - is God Almighty (Allah) talking directly to man. In the Bible you have many men writing about God and you have in some places the word of God speaking to men and still in other places you have some men simply writing about history or personal exchanges of information to one another (ex: Epistle of John 3). The Bible in the English King James Version consists of 66 small books. About 18 of them begin by saying: This is the revelation God gave to so and so… The rest make no claim as to their origin. You have for example the beginning of the book of Jonah which begins by saying: The word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Elmitaeh saying… quote and then it continues for two or three pages. The Quran claims throughout that it is the word of God. It names itself 70 times as the Quran. It talks about its own contents. It has self-reference. The Quran states in the first Sura after Fatiha that “This is the book, there is no doubt in it, it is a guidance for those who are conscious of God” and so on and so on… It begins that way and continues that way stressing that. And there is one very amazing statement in the Quran when you come to the fourth Sura 82nd Ayah which says to those who say Quran is something else than the word of God. It challenges them saying: “Have they not considered the Quran, if it came from someone other than God they will find in it many mistakes”. Some of you are students, would you dare to hand in a paper after you completed a research work or something at the bottom you put down there “You wont find mistakes in this”. Would you dare to challenge your professor that way?. Well the Quran does that. It is telling: If you really think you know where this came from then starts looking for mistakes because you wont find any. Another interesting thing the Quran does is that it quotes all its critics. There has never - in hundreds of years - ever been some suggestion as to where that book came from but that the Quran does not already mention that objection and reply to it. Many times you will find the Ayah saying something like: Do they say such and such and so, say to them such and such and so. In every case there is a reply. More than that the Quran claims that the evidence of its origin is in itself, and that if you look at this book you will be convinced.
There are mistakes in the Bible and the accusation comes back very quickly: Show me one. Well there are hundreds. If you want to be specific I can mention few. You have for example at 2nd Samuel 10:18 a description of a war fought by David saying that he killed 7000 men and that he also killed 40000 men on horsebacks. In 1st Chronicles 19 it mentions the same episode saying that he killed 70000 men and the 40000 men were not on horsebacks, they were on foot. The point be what is the difference between the pedestrian and not is very fundamental. How Did Judas Die?

Finally, The Quran iInvites - not demands
So that the Quran does not demand belief - the Quran invites belief, and here is the fundamental difference. It is not simply delivered as: Here is what you are to believe, but throughout the Quran the statements are always: Have you O man thought of such and such, have you considered so and so. It is always an invitation for you to look at the evidence; now what do you believe ?

Answer 4

there is no reason for faith. sorry but, i don't believe in any type of history, religious or otherwise. I don't care what happened in the past because I can't change it. also, we need to stop harboring on the past and all of the bad stuff and look to the future and try to make it better. seems that public education only focuses on bad stuff in history classes. there should be a federal law that says they can't "preach" history in public schools.

Answer 5

Islam is all about reason and mind
I would tell you lots and lots of examples but it seems as if you asked this Question just to make fun and to open a road for misunderstanding between ppl

Answer 6

Anyone who wants to found connections between faith (any faith) and reason, will found. Therefore it is pointless to ask rhetorical questions about religions.

Answer 7

Islam based on logic, and talking to minds, Islam is not only some activity like praying.

Answer 8

If one follows the proper doctrines of Islam then the answer to your question is YES. You cannot judge a religion by its followers dat may not follow it fully. Like you cannot judge the nature of US citizens by its foreign policies

Answer 9

i am a muslim and i am a Junior Research Scientist/Faculty at MNC. and the freedom and intellectuality i have right now is becoz of my religion. Islam made me think and be rational.

Proof : SCIENTIFIC MIRACLES -- Scientists’ Comments on the Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran
http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch1-1-h.htm

Answer 10

faith and reason compatible
and
Islam a reason-based faith