Islamic Thoughts

Religion Vs Reason: Which is More Important?

60. Religion vs. Reason: Which is More Important?

Religion is precisely defined as belief in One God Who created human beings, the most intelligent of all creations. God being the Highest Wisdom shares only a fraction of His wisdom to human beings. Such sharing is however remarkably uneven for people at the receiving end. For example, blest with divine wisdom some become wise philosophers like Aristotle with brilliant reasoning power while many others become mentally retarded with near ‘0’ IQ. Thus religion comes first and foremost and reason is a subordinate follower. With limited reasoning power, human beings cannot grasp the mysteries of God (the central figure of religion), for example how He manages to exist forever, with no beginning and ending date. Human beings will therefore look smart like two most renowned scientists namely Newton and Einstein if they first believe in the basics of religion e.g. God at the Creator, only to find later that many provisions of God are based on reasoning and rationality.