For talking on this issue all are welcome be they muslims or nonmuslims but before anyone could speak on the issue one has to know quite a few things in detail such as:
1)What is aqal and how do you get it? This point is of utmost importance because to understand anything at all one needs to have aqal or one cannot understand anything at all. So be-aqal people cannot discuss anything till they become aqalmand.
2)What is ilm and how do you get it? Again a vitally important thing to have because without it one is totally lost. This is why anyone without proper knowledge cannot discuss anything at all in a proper way.
3)What is the purpose and why it is important to know about it? Nothing can make proper sense without a proper or valid purpose based study. It is because understanding of anything at all requires a proper context and context of anything cannot be known without knowing the actual purpose.
4)One has to know what is direct learning so that one could see what it involves. This will help one decide what to accept as true and why and what not to accept as true and why not.
5) One has to know what is indirect learning so that one could see what it involves. This too will help one decide what to accept as true and why and what not to accept as true and why not.
6)What are rules of judgement, where do they come from and why they are needed and how they are obtained and used?
7)What is cherry picking or process of elimination and why it is used and how it is used?
If one has no idea about these things in detail then one does not qualify for taking part in a discussion or debate because one cannot contribute anything at all in a discussion or debate.
Beside these there are other things also which one has to know well before one could speak on deen of islam properly such as:
1)What is human language and where has it come from and how? What are words and where do they come from and what are meanings of words and where do they come from?
2)What is language of God and is it possible for human beings to understand it, why and how? What is the mechanism involved in the process of decoding of language of God?
3)Why proper dictionaries tell us about origin and uses of a word and what does it tell us about usage of human language.
4)Why and how people expanded meanings of words in human languages instead of inventing totally new words each time things did not work unless a new meaning was given to a word?
5)How can expansion of meanings of words be valid for ancient people but not for people to come if they use exactly the same basis for it?
Only after knowing these like points in detail one can qualify to talk about God, his revelation and humanity otherwise not. It does not matter how many degrees or certificates one has from the top universities or madrassas around the world for studying religions or ideologies or societies or politics or cultures or economics or sciences or philosophies or etc etc.
Let us see how clever anyone and everyone is about knowing things about anything and everything before one give rest of humanity any lecture on God and his revelation.
For better understanding of what knowledge is and where it comes from see HERE. For better understanding of deen of islam from the quran see HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
1)What is aqal and how do you get it? This point is of utmost importance because to understand anything at all one needs to have aqal or one cannot understand anything at all. So be-aqal people cannot discuss anything till they become aqalmand.
2)What is ilm and how do you get it? Again a vitally important thing to have because without it one is totally lost. This is why anyone without proper knowledge cannot discuss anything at all in a proper way.
3)What is the purpose and why it is important to know about it? Nothing can make proper sense without a proper or valid purpose based study. It is because understanding of anything at all requires a proper context and context of anything cannot be known without knowing the actual purpose.
4)One has to know what is direct learning so that one could see what it involves. This will help one decide what to accept as true and why and what not to accept as true and why not.
5) One has to know what is indirect learning so that one could see what it involves. This too will help one decide what to accept as true and why and what not to accept as true and why not.
6)What are rules of judgement, where do they come from and why they are needed and how they are obtained and used?
7)What is cherry picking or process of elimination and why it is used and how it is used?
If one has no idea about these things in detail then one does not qualify for taking part in a discussion or debate because one cannot contribute anything at all in a discussion or debate.
Beside these there are other things also which one has to know well before one could speak on deen of islam properly such as:
1)What is human language and where has it come from and how? What are words and where do they come from and what are meanings of words and where do they come from?
2)What is language of God and is it possible for human beings to understand it, why and how? What is the mechanism involved in the process of decoding of language of God?
3)Why proper dictionaries tell us about origin and uses of a word and what does it tell us about usage of human language.
4)Why and how people expanded meanings of words in human languages instead of inventing totally new words each time things did not work unless a new meaning was given to a word?
5)How can expansion of meanings of words be valid for ancient people but not for people to come if they use exactly the same basis for it?
Only after knowing these like points in detail one can qualify to talk about God, his revelation and humanity otherwise not. It does not matter how many degrees or certificates one has from the top universities or madrassas around the world for studying religions or ideologies or societies or politics or cultures or economics or sciences or philosophies or etc etc.
Let us see how clever anyone and everyone is about knowing things about anything and everything before one give rest of humanity any lecture on God and his revelation.
For better understanding of what knowledge is and where it comes from see HERE. For better understanding of deen of islam from the quran see HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.
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