What is important is that there is nothing in Islam that contradicts reason.

What is important is that there is nothing in Islam that contradicts reason. One must therefore distinguish between what lies beyond one's actual rational capacity and what conflicts with rational standards. Thus, we should not base our acceptance of religious facts on finding a rational proof or justification for them, though they must be rationally possible.

The Qur'an sometimes uses the expression of “vision” and attributes it to the heart for some type of knowledge which is much higher than perception and rational knowledge. For example, on the ascension of the to the heaven, the Qur'an says: “ما كذب الفؤاد ما رأي” The heart did not tell lies about what it saw. (53:11) Previous…