Beyond Logic
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ: ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐บ - ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐
Traditional Sunni Kalam is a paradigm of thinking that aligns with truth and provides rational explanations for theological concepts. It arose in response to heretical beliefs and groups.
Therefore, Kalam serves as a dual paradigm and framework. It equips Muslim scholars to engage with opponents of traditional Sunni Islam, using the very language of their adversaries.
Moreover, by navigating the arguments of their interlocutors while upholding sound reasoning and logical argumentation, Kalam's relevance remains as strong today as it was a thousand years ago!
Students of the traditional Farangi Mahalli curriculum are left in awe by the works of Qadi Mubarak (d. 1164H) and Mulla Muhammad Hasan (d. 1209H). These late Mughal era scholars, in their commentaries on Allama Bihari's sullam al-ulum, masterfully deconstruct the philosophies of their time and earlier periods, directly engaging them with cogent arguments while defending the purity of the Islamic creed.
While the sullam itself focuses on logic, these sophisticated commentaries delve into complex Kalam. They serve as a beacon for aspiring ulema (Islamic scholars) whose duty is to uphold truth against falsehood.
These scholars of the rational tradition didn't simply repeat past arguments; instead, they built upon them with their own insightful evidence on various issues.
Modern philosophies demonstrably have roots in some traditional philosophies. Therefore, access to these works is essential for aspiring scholars, further empowering them to tackle the Issues of the day.
