It is stated in the Qur'an...

It is stated in the Qur'an: “We shall show them Our signs on the horizons and in themselves, till it is clear to them that it is the Truth.” (41:53) Allah has shown His disapproval of those who blindly follow the ways of those who were before them: “They say: 'No, but we will follow such things as we found our fathers doing'. What!

And if their fathers had no understanding of anything.” (2:170) And He has shown His dislike for those who follow nothing but their own personal whims: “They follow naught but an opinion.” (6:117) Indeed, our intellect forces us to reflect upon Creation so as to know the Creator of the universe, just as it makes it necessary for us to examine the claims of someone to prophethood and to consider the truth of his miracles.

It is not correct to accept the ideas of someone without criticism, even if that person has the gift of great knowledge or holds an esteemed position. [^10]: Having verified the truth of the Prophet or the Qur'an, we come to know many things that we were unable to know by ourselves, because of our lack of access to certain realms of reality or certain evidence.

[^11]: In this regard, George Hourani says: “It (Ash'arite view, or what he calls 'theistic subjectivism', or what others have called 'ethical voluntarism') is not peculiar to Islam, since it occurs in medieval Judaism and occasionally in western thought; but it was probably more prominent and widespread in Islam than in any other civilization.” (1985, p.

57.[^12]: Despite some differences in positions of the Shi'a and the Mu'tazilites, they are both called ”ahl al-'adl” (the people of justice), because they both believe in independent moral values and in the existence of rational criteria for judging what is good and what is bad, and because a proper defence of the principle of divine justice depends on the belief in independent and rational good and evil. [^13]: Anwār al-Malakut fi Sharh al-Yāqut, p. 104.

[^14]: Nahj al-Haqq wa Kashf al-Sidq, p. 82. [^15]: Imam Ali, Nahj al- Balaghah, Sermons, no. 86. [^16]: Qur'an, 2:285. This verse indicates that the believers are those who believe that Allah, His angels, His books and His apostles are true. [^17]: Qur'an, 49:15. This verse indicates that the believers are only those who believe that Allah and His Apostle are true. [^18]: Qur'an, 27:14. [^19]: Imam Ali, Nahj al- Balaghah, Sayings, no. 227.

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