Note: This article was in fact a lecture delivered at the Civil Services Academy, Walton Road, Lahore in 1990. It was later edited by Mr. Shehzad Saleem and was published in Monthly Renaissance in the year 1991. The Need for Revelation Before explaining the relationship between Reason and Revelation, a logical starting point would be […]
Could Allah (swt) Have a Son?
In one of his articles1 Mr. Jochen Katz has pointed out a contradiction in Al-Zumar 39: 4 and Al-An`aam 6: 101. Al-Zumar 39: 4 reads as: لَّوْ أَرَادَ اللَّـهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّاصْطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ سُبْحَانَهُ ۖ هُوَ اللَّـهُ الْوَاحِدُ الْقَهَّارُ Had God wanted to take a son, He would have selected […]
Jinn & Men Created for Worship or for Hell?
In one of his articles1 Mr. Jochen Katz has pointed out a contradiction in Al-Zaariyaat 51: 56 and Al-Aa`raaf 7: 179. Al-Zaariyaat 51: 56 reads as: وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ I have not created Jinn and men but for worshipping Me. While, Al-Aa`raaf 7: 179 reads as: وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ الْجِنِّ […]
Principles of Islamic Ethics – An Introduction
What is Ethics? Ethics has been defined as: The normative science of the conduct of human beings living in societies – a science which judges this conduct to be right or wrong, to be good or bad or in some similar way. (William Lillie, An Introduction to Ethics, 3rd edition, Methuen & Co. LTD., 1971, […]
How Merciful is Allah (swt)?
Mr. Jochen Katz has summarized one of his articles1 thus: He has prescribed mercy for himself [6:12], yet he does not guide some, even though he could [6:35, 14:4]. The basic theme of Mr. Katz’s brief article is that at one place, the Qur’an says: He [Allah] has inscribed [prescribed] for himself (the rule of) […]