The Eight Steps
It is true that the mind is not the reference for the Sacred Law, but we can mentally argue for the truthfulness of such laws as the prohibition of wine, and such beliefs as the existence of Paradise and Hell. That can be achieved in eight steps, especially since an atheist would not believe that wine is unlawful. Thus, there is no escape from establishing several premises.
STEP ONE: AGREEING TO THE CHANNELS OF KNOWLEDGE
It has already been established that there are three ways for the creature to achieve knowledge: sound senses, truthful information, and sound intellect.
STEP TWO: CLARIFICATION THAT THE WORLD IS CREATED
To prove the validity of the Divine Laws, one must first prove the Existence of God. To prove the Existence of God, one must prove that the world is created. The summary of this detailed argument is that the world is a conglomeration of volumes that are proven to be created because they are bound to created qualities. If the volumes are created and the qualities are created, then the universe in total is created. Proving that the world is created may require debunking the idea of a beginningless chain.
STEP THREE: PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF THE CREATOR
If one can successfully prove that the world is created, he can easily prove that it has a creator. His premise should be: Every doing has a doer.
STEP FOUR: PROVING GOD’S UNIQUENESS
If the opponent is not an atheist, skip to the fourth step, for usually non-Muslims who confirm the Existence of God make comparisons for God.
STEP FIVE: PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF MUHAMMAD
To prove the validity of the Religious Law, one must prove the validity of prophethood. Before proving the validity of Muhammad’s prophethood, one may need to prove his existence. Its evidence is successive mass-narration.
STEP SIX: PROVING THAT MUHAMMAD IS GOD’S MESSENGER
The way to prove his prophethood is to prove that he did miracles.
Their evidence is also successive mass-narration.
STEP SEVEN: PROVING MUHAMMAD’S TRUTHFULNESS
The supernatural feat performed by someone who claims prophethood,
without possibly being opposed by something similar, is as if Allah said, “My slave is truthful in everything he conveyed from Me, or else I would not have made this miracle happen for him.” This is because whoever deems a liar truthful is a liar, and it is impossible that Allah would be a liar.
It is not possible for a liar to perform a miracle, or else there would be no way to distinguish the honest one from the liar. It is possible, though, that a false prophet perform a supernatural feat that backfires!
STEP EIGHT: PROVING THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE QUR’AN
By proving that Muhammad is truthful in all that he conveyed, one proves that the Qur’an is truthful, and therein is the confirmation of Paradise and Hell, as well as the prohibition of wine, and other matters, and Allah gives the success.
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