How many times have I heard a Muslim doubting something about his own religion while saying: “But scientists say…”? One thousand years and not much has changed.
The only thing that has changed in our time is that it is not the philosopher who holds such a position in the eyes of students, but rather the scientist. : ‘If religion were true, this would not have been unknown to these philosophers ’”Īl-Ghazali then expresses his deep regret over this sad state of affairs: “How many a man have I seen who strayed from the path of truth on this pretext and for no other reason!”
Moreover, he will have heard the talk of the town about their unbelief and their negative attitude. Because of that, he forms a high opinion of the philosophers and assumes that all their sciences have the same lucidity and rational solidarity as this science of mathematics. “One of these is that whoever takes up these mathematical sciences marvels at the fine precision of their details and the clarity of their proofs. “That has nothing to do with religion.” Here is what al-Ghazali had to say: “The mathematical sciences…nothing in them entails denial or affirmation of religious matters…from them, however, two evils have been caused…” He even warned people about studying mathematics and other sciences. He was warning them of the dangers that could result from this study. This was his advice in regards to the science of philosophy, particularly the Greek philosophy of Plato and Aristotle which many Muslims took pride in studying.
A thousand years ago, Imam al-Ghazali wrote in his autobiography Deliverance from Error: “A clumsy and stupid person must be kept away from the seashore, not the proficient swimmer and a child must be prevented from handling a snake, not the skilled snake-charmer.”
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