The Second Front in the Conflict of Thought Opposite to this trend...

The Second Front in the Conflict of Thought Opposite to this trend, (Al Mutazilah) emerged as a reflex to the (Ashairah) dogma.

(Al Mutazilah) went to the extreme in understanding man and the universe – naturally as any other reflex may emerge; they believed that Allah the Sublime created the universe, rupturing thereafter all relations between Him and it; thus this universe runs within a static code of laws and regulations moving in isolation from Allah the Sublime’s will; exactly similar to an engineer who had thoroughly composed a factory, assigning thereafter some other engineers to run it, to go then to his own business – such a factory will keep on running within a code fixed systems even though the engineer who composed it is absent.

Thus (Al Mutazilah) tend to imagine Allah the Sublime’s relation with this universe as a relation that is conditioned to the stage of making; man – after that – is free to act according to his own will and free choice on earth, for Allah the Sublime has let him to his own, and His only relation to man concerns making, innovating creating and composing him at the stage of making exclusively.

This approach safeguards Al Mutazilah from attributing injustice to Allah the Sublime, but it confiscates Allah’s authority on man and the universe, limiting it to a single stage, theoretically excluding Allah the Sublime’s grace and assistance off man’s life; going so far to claim that Allah the Sublime had created man and bestowed on him whatever talents he chose, then he let go of him, leaving him to his own, alone to face his destiny and responsibilities.

The most dangerous thing in this approach – added to the ideological and intellectual dangers it imposes – is that it blocks or weakens man’s relation to Allah the Sublime in his daily life, work and movement.

For man’s relation to Allah the Sublime at its most is not attained through (ideology) or (worship) alone, rather it is attained through his permanent need to Allah the Sublime in his daily work and movement; through the support, backing and assistance that Allah gives to man everywhere, at the market, at home, in his political activity, and in time of troubles and problems. Such troubles and problems that face man make him refuge to Allah the Sublime establishing a firm connection with Him.

These troubles are in fact Allah’s examination to His good servants.