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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dalia*: [QB] [QUOTE]He, mighty and sublime is He, also commands, «Then ask the people of remembrance if you do not know» (16:43 & 21:7)—[b]a verse of which the scholars of Islam have explained is evidence for the obligation of referring back to the scholars of Islam[/b] in religious affairs that we lack knowledge in.[/QUOTE]So the scholars have decided that those verses are referring to the scholars?! Now that's a very convincing argument. :rolleyes: [QUOTE]Thus it contains the command for learning and questioning to the people of knowledge and it does not command questioning them except because teaching and answering of what they know is obligatory upon them. http://www.islamlife.com/readarticle.php?article_id=37 [/QUOTE]The Qur'an tells us to use all our senses and to not blindly accept any information, but this paragraph says the opposite. There is also a warning in the Qur'an not to give too much power to religous authorities, yet this paragraph tells us we're not to question scholars ... to me that's very contradictory as well. And I don't know who Osama Abdallah is, but the text in the link really puts me off. It's very condescending, arrogant and full of cheap polemics. Instead of addressing very valid points all it does is try to belittle those who question, to make them look stupid, arrogant or ignorant and I find that pathetic to say the least. I'm really tired of the argument that those who decide to NOT blindly follow a scholar are only following their "personal whims", their "nafs" or whatever. Scholars are human beings just like anyone else. Studying religion for decades does not automatically make someone a more spiritual or more religious person than another. And it's simply ridiculous to suggest that scholars never follow their whims and their personal opinions because it is very obvious that many of them do! None of those texts gives a comprehensive explanation as to why exactly certain verses have been interpreted to refer to "scholars", instead they keep stressing scholars' authority and trying to intimidate "normal" people into believing they are not capable of making moral and religious decisions for themselves. [QUOTE]There are verses in the Qur'an which mention those who have a special knowledge and who know the inner meanings of the Qur'an: "Nay,- rather they are clear signs in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge." (29:49) "Question the people of the Remembrance if you do not know." (16:43; 21:7) "...If they had referred it to the Messenger and those in authority among them, those of them Whose task it is to investigate would have known the matter." (4:83)[/QUOTE]There are various ways in which the term "people of knowledge" or "people of remembrance" etc. could be interpreted and it is far from obvious that those expressions are referring to scholars only. Thus my initial question beause I've been thinking about this subject before. How do we know what exactly God means by "knowledge"? Who says that knowledge only refers to scholarly and intellectual knowledge? "Wisdom", "knowledge" etc. are terms that can be interpreted in many ways and I find it very narrow-minded to suggest those terms are referring to scholarly knowledge only. Sura 40:54 says that the Qur'an is "A guide and a reminder for people of understanding" (Hudan wathikra li-olee al-albabi). This verse seems to suggest that the Qur'an is for everyone who's open to it and possesses insight and understanding. So this verse does not at all suggest that the term "people of understanding" refers to a small elite group of people, i.e., the scholars – quite the opposite. Yet that's what those texts want to make us believe. I guess I will never understand why so many people have the need to control others. I don't understand the arrogance of those who insist on establishing authorites and discouraging people from finding their own way. But, oh well, of course I'm just another misguided arrogant individual trying to twist religion to suit her personal needs and whims ... :rolleyes: [/QB][/QUOTE]
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