The witness of the scholars about natural recognition of religion.

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Nature in Islamic traditionsIndividual Experience during Hard times.

Realization of God is not an issue that is present only in Qura’n and Islamic traditions but is frequently mentioned in the works of thinkers, scholars, non-Muslim philosophers and poets. We now present a few of them as samples:

 Einstein Says:

A belief of religion is within mankind without exception. I call it “the sense of discovering religion” and man desires less in this religion. He discerns the greatness of mankind that is found in the inner core of the material being. He considers his existence in a body like a cage and wants to break free from it and see the singular truth for himself. (1)

The famous thinker Pascal says:

The heart has the arguments that are beyond the grasp of the intellect. (2)

William James says:

I know for sure that the fountainhead of a religious life is the heart and I also accept the arrangement and method of philosophy is like a translator and its real meaning is in some other language.(3)

Max Mueller says:

Our elders have been bowing before God from a time when they knew no name to invoke Him. (4)

Max Mueller Professes His Belief:

The famous view is that religion began with the worship of the idols and the belief in “God was born (but no) from the annals of the ancient times and their event we find that God was worshipped from in the beginning of the most ancient of times. (5)

The Famous Historian Plutarch says:

When you study the world you will find many places where there is no population, knowledge, industry, politics or government but despite all our efforts we cannot find a place where there is no “God” (6)

Samuel King Says:

Religion has existed in all societies though the historians, travelers and Christian priests have talked about nations that had no religion but from later discoveries we learn that they were not correct. Actually what they wanted to say was there was no similar religion (like Christianity) present among them (Though in reality religion did exist) (7)

We conclude this discussion with the words of famous historian Will Durant who said:

“If we do not presuppose that there was foundation of any religion in the ancient times before history then we will not be able to know their existence in this long history.” (8)




1. Excerpt from “The World as I see it” Page 53.
2. The Wisdom of Europe Vol2 Page 14
3. The Wisdom of Europe Vol 2 Page 321
4. Muqaddama Page 31.
5. Al Fitrat by Shaheed Mutahari Page 148
6. Muqaddama Page 31
7. Collective Knowledge by Samuel King page 191
8. The Story of civilization vol.1 page 88



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