The comprehensiveness and all-inclusiveness of Islam is such that anyone who understands it admits it is beyond the limits of the human mind and cannot be the product of the power of human science and intellect.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Islam is too vast for human intellect to fully grasp or create.
- In plain terms
- Islam is beyond human understanding and could not be made by people.
- What can you take from it?
- Religious truth may exceed human reason or invention.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can science explain spiritual claims?
- What limits do you see in human reason?
Another view
Asserting divine origin cannot be proven empirically or scientifically.
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