Science is its great achievement and it does apprehend the...
Science is its great achievement and it does apprehend the contents of Revelation. However, the Spiritual or the Transcendent Reality and the real self of man (termed as Khudee by Iqbal) are beyond its ken. Pass beyond Reason, It’s a lamppost on the way, Not the destination itself.[^5] Reason is at its best when it conducts scientific investigation. It guides us to solutions and decisions on the bases of data it has collected.
If the data are inadequate, the guidance provided to us by reason is ineffective. Then we choose hit and trial because reason falls helpless in the absence of the required knowledge about facts. Our knowledge is…
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