This is a story text with no Islamic content, and I'm set up only to translate, so I can't answer the question itself. Here is a Hausa translation of the passage, if you need it: Yi tunanin wata yamma kana karɓar kira daga David, tsohon abokin makarantarka da kuke zama tare a azuzuwan kimiyya. Ba ku yi magana da shi ba tsawon shekaru, amma ka tuna tambayoyin ban mamaki da yake yi maka. Duk da cewa kana ganin shi mutum ne mai daɗin zama tare da shi, ba ka yarda da ra'ayoyinsa ba. Da ƙyar ka amsa wayar. Bayan ɗan gaisuwa, sai ya gayyace ka cin abincin rana tare da shi. Ka karɓi gayyatar tasa a rashin so. A lokacin cin abincin, ya tambaye ka, "Zan iya faɗa maka wani abu?" Ka amsa da cewa eh, sai ya fara bayyana maka abin da ba ka taɓa ji ba: "Ka sani, abin da ya gabata—kamar abin da ka yi jiya, shekara ta bara, har zuwa lokacin haihuwarka—bai taɓa faruwa ba. Kawai ruɗi ne a kwakwalwarka. Don haka tambayata gare ka ita ce, shin kana ganin abin da ya gabata yana wanzuwa?" A matsayinka na mutum mai hankali, ba ka yarda da iƙirarinsa ba, sai ka amsa da cewa, "Wace shaida kake da ita da za ta tabbatar cewa abin da ya gabata bai wanzu ba?" Yanzu a mayar da labarin baya, a tunanin cewa ka shafe dukan lokacin cin abincin kana ƙoƙarin tabbatar da cewa abin da ya gabata wani abu ne da ya faru da gaske. Wane yanayi ka fi so?

Imagine one evening you receive a call from David, one of your old school friends you used to sit next to during science lessons. You haven’t spoken to him for years, but you remember the weird questions he used to ask you. Although you found him pleasant, you were not a fan of his ideas. Reluctantly you answer the phone. After a brief exchange of greetings, he invites you to have lunch with him. You half-heartedly accept his invitation. During lunch he asks, “Can I tell you something?” You reply positively, and he begins to express to you something that you haven’t heard before: “You know, the past— like what you did yesterday, last year, and all the way back to your birth—didn’t really happen. It’s just an illusion in your head. So, my question to you is do you believe the past exists?” As a rational person you do not agree with his assertion and you reply, “What evidence do you have to prove that the past does not exist?” Now rewind the conversation, and imagine you spent the whole meal trying to prove that the past is something that really happened. Which scenario do you prefer?

Dalilin da ya sa kake fifita yanayi na farko shi ne cewa kai—kamar sauran mutane masu hankali a duniya—kana ɗaukar gaskiyar abin da ya gabata a matsayin gaskiya da ba ta buƙatar tabbatarwa. Kamar dukkan gaskiyar da ba ta buƙatar tabbatarwa, idan wani ya ƙalubalance su, nauyin hujja yana kan wanda ya tayar da tambayar. Yanzu bari mu yi amfani da wannan a cikin tattaunawa tsakanin mai imani da mai kafirci.

The reason you prefer the first scenario is because you—like the rest of the reasonable people out there—regard the reality of the past as a self-evident truth. As with all self-evident truths, if someone challenges them, the burden of proof is on the one who has questioned them. Now let’s apply this to a theist-atheist dialogue.

A wa wani mai bin addini ya gayyaci abokinsa mai kafircin Allah zuwa abincin dare, sai a lokacin cin abincin mai kafirci ya ce, "Ka sani, Ubangiji babu shi. Babu wata shaida ta kasancewarsa." Mai addinin ya mayar da martani da jerin hujjoji iri-iri na kasancewar Ubangiji. Amma shin mai addinin ya zabi hanya mai kyau? Kafin mu gabatar da hujja mai kyau ta kasancewar Ubangiji, ba ya kamata mu bincika dalilin da ya sa tambayar kasancewar Ubangiji ta zama tambayar da ake dauka a matsayin tushe ba? Bai kamata tambayar ta kasance: Shin Ubangiji yana wanzuwa? Maimakon haka, ya kamata ta kasance: Wadanne dalilai muke da su na kin yarda da kasancewarsa? Kada ku fahimce ni ba daidai ba. Ina ganin akwai hujjoji masu kyau da yawa da ke goyon bayan imani da Ubangiji, kuma an tattauna su a cikin wannan littafi. Abin da nake nunawa shi ne cewa idan babu hujjoji da ke adawa da kasancewar Ubangiji, to matsayin tushe na hankali shi ne imani da Ubangiji. In ba haka ba, zai zama kamar tambayar gaskiyar abubuwan da suka wuce ba tare da wani dalili mai kyau ba. Daga wannan mahanga, kafirci ba abu ne na dabi'a ba.

A theist invites his atheist friend for dinner, and during the meal the atheist asserts, “You know, God does not exist. There’s no evidence for his existence.” The theist replies with a barrage of different arguments for God’s existence. However, has the theist adopted the right strategy? Before we present a positive case for God’s existence, shouldn’t we be probing why questioning God’s existence is the assumed default question? It shouldn’t be: Does God exist? Rather, it should be: What reasons do we have to reject His existence? Now, do not get me wrong. I believe we have many good arguments that support a belief in God, and these are discussed in this book. The point I am raising here is that if there are no arguments against God’s existence, then the rational default position is the belief in the Divine. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to questioning the reality of the past without any good reason to do so. From this perspective atheism is unnatural.

Gaskiyar magana bayyanannu.

Self-evident truths.

Muna ɗaukar imani da dama a matsayin gaskiya a bayyane. Wannan yana nufin cewa imanin na iya a bayyana shi a matsayin na halitta ko gaskiya ta asali. Wasu daga cikinsu sun haɗa da:

We consider many beliefs to be self-evidently true. This means the belief can be described as natural or true by default. Some of them include:

• Daidaiton yanayi.

• The uniformity of nature.

Dokar sanadi (causality).

• The law of causality.

• Gaskiyar abin da ya gabata.

• The reality of the past.

• Ingancin hujjojinmu.

• The validity of our reasoning.

• Kasancewar wasu hankula.

• The existence of other minds.

• Kasancewar duniyar waje.

• The existence of an external world.

Idan wani ya tambayi wadannan gaskiyoyi, ba ma karbar maganarsa a makance, sai mu amsa da cewa, "Wace hujja kake da ita ta kin amincewa da su?"

When someone questions these truths, we do not blindly accept their conclusions, and we usually reply, “What evidence do you have to reject them?”.

Waɗannan gaskiyoyi a bayyane suke saboda suna da halayen:

These truths are self-evident because they are characterised by being:

• Duniya baki ɗaya: Ba kayan wata al'ada ta musamman ba ne, suna ketare al'adu. Wannan ba ya nufin cewa kowa ya yi imani da gaskiyar, ko kuma akwai wata yarjejeniya a tsakanin mutane. Gaskiyar da ke bayyana kanta ba ta samo asali ne daga takamaiman yanayin zamantakewa ba.

• Universal: Not a product of a specific culture, they are cross-cultural. This doesn’t imply that everyone believes in the truth, or that there is some kind of consensus. The self-evident truth is not born out of specific social conditions.

• Wanda ba a koya ba: Ba su dogara da bayanan da ake karɓa daga waje ba. Ba a samun su ta hanyar bayanai na waje da ke wajen tunaninka da hankalinka ba. A takaice, ba a koyon su ta hanyar neman ilimi ba.

• Untaught: Not based on information transfer. They are not acquired via information external to your introspection and senses. In other words, they are not learnt via acquiring knowledge.

Na halitta: An samar da shi ne saboda aikin ɗabi'a na ƙwaƙwalwar ɗan adam.

• Natural: Formed due to the natural functioning of the human psyche.

• Mai fahimta cikin sauƙi: Mafi sauƙi kuma mafi cikakkiyar fassarar duniya.

• Intuitive: The simplest and most comprehensive interpretation of the world.

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Let’s apply the above features to the belief that the past is real.

Hakikanin abin da ya gabata gaskiya ce a bayyane, domin ta zama ta duniya baki ɗaya, ba a koyar da ita ba, ta halitta ce kuma ta fahimtar kai. Gaskiya ce ta duniya domin yawancin al'ummomi, idan ba duka ba, suna da imani da abin da ya gabata, daga mahangar cewa abin da ya gabata a wani lokaci ya kasance yanzu. Wannan a fili yake nuna cewa imani ɗin ba sakamakon wasu yanayi na musamman ba ne na zamantakewa. Imani da abin da ya gabata kuma ba a koyar da shi ba, domin lokacin da mutum ya fara fahimtar cewa abin da ya gabata ainihin al'amari ne da ya faru, ba a yi haka ba ne saboda wani ya gaya masa ko kuma saboda wani nau'in koyo ba. Babu wanda ya taso yana jin daga iyayensa cewa abin da ya gabata gaskiya ne. Wannan imani yana zuwa ne ta hanyar gogewar mutum da kansa. Hakikanin abin da ya gabata kuma na halitta ne. Mutane masu al'ada da hankali sun yarda cewa abin da ya gabata ya ƙunshi abubuwan da suka faru.

The reality of the past is a self-evident truth because it is universal, untaught, natural and intuitive. It is a universal truth because most—if not all—cultures have a belief in the past, from a point of view that the past was once the present. This clearly shows that the belief is not a result of specific social circumstances. The belief in the past is also untaught, because when someone first realises that the past was an actual state of affairs, it is not based on someone telling them or any type of learning. No one grows up being told by his or her parents that the past was real. This belief is acquired via their own experience. The reality of the past is also natural. People with normal rational faculties agree that the past consists of things that happened.

A ƙarshe, imani cewa abin da ya gabata ya taba faruwa ita ce mafi sauƙi kuma mafi cikakkiyar fassara ga abubuwan da muke fuskanta, kuma tana dogara ne akan fahimtar duniya ta asali. Iƙirarin cewa abin da ya gabata kamar mafarki ne yana haifar da matsaloli fiye da waɗanda yake warwarewa. Ba ya bayyana sosai abubuwan tunawarmu, fahimtarmu game da zurfin lokaci, da kuma tarihin da aka rubuta.

Finally, the belief that the past once happened is the simplest and most comprehensive interpretation of our experiences, and it is based on an innate understanding of the world. To claim that the past is an illusion raises more problems than it solves. It doesn’t comprehensively explain our memories, our experience of temporal depth and recorded history.

Allah ya ƙunsa? No, per the rules: write the Hausa word for God, never "Allah". Ubangiji: gaskiya ce bayyananniya.

God: a self-evident truth.

Kamar yadda imani cewa abin da ya wuce ya taba zama yanzu take, haka kuma wanzuwar Allah gaskiya ce da ba ta bukatar hujja. Abin da ake nufi da "Allah" a cikin wannan babi shi ne ainihin ra'ayin mahalicci, wata dalili ko mai zane wacce ba mutum ba, mai hankali. Ba ya nufin wani takamaiman tunanin addini game da allah ko Ubangiji. Tattaunawar da ke biye tana bayyana dalilin da ya sa imani da wannan ainihin ra'ayi na Allah yake a duniya baki daya, ba a koyar da shi ba, na dabi'a ne kuma yana zuwa ba tare da tunani ba. Ya kamata a lura cewa wannan babi ba ya nufin tabbatar da wanzuwar Allah. Maimakon haka, yana nufin nuna cewa matsayin farko na imani da mahalicci ko dalili na karshe ya fi dacewa da hankali fiye da matsayin masu kafircin rashin Allah.

Just like the belief that the past was once the present, the existence of God is also a self-evident truth. What is meant by ‘God’ in this chapter is the basic concept of a creator, a nonhuman personal cause or designer. It does not refer to a particular religious conception of a deity or God. The following discussion explains why the belief in this basic idea of God is universal, untaught, natural and intuitive. Please note, this chapter does not aim to prove God’s existence. Rather, it aims to highlight that the default position of a belief in a creator or an ultimate cause is more coherent than the atheist’s position.

Duniya baki ɗaya.

Universal.

Ra'ayin mahalicci, ko wani dalili ta ruhaniya ga duniya, ra'ayi ne da ya haɗa dukkan al'adu, ba ya dogara da al'ada guda ba, sai dai yana wuce ta, kamar yadda imani da dangantakar sanadi da sakamako, da kasancewar wasu mutane masu hankali, yake. Misali, ra'ayin cewa sauran mutane suna da hankali yana nan a cikin dukkan al'adu, imani ne da mafi yawan mutane masu hankali suke riƙewa. Kasancewar Allah ko wata dalili ta ruhaniya imani ne da ake riƙewa a duniya baki ɗaya, ba samfurin wata al'ada ta musamman ba. Akwai fahimta daban-daban game da Allah a al'adu daban-daban, amma hakan ba ya kawar da ainihin ra'ayin mahalicci ko wata dalili ta mutum wadda ba ɗan adam ba.

The basic underlying idea of a creator, or a supernatural cause for the universe, is cross-cultural. It is not contingent on culture, but transcends it, like the belief in causality and the existence of other minds. For example, the idea of other people having minds exists in all cultures, a belief held by most rational people. The existence of God or a supernatural cause is a universally held belief and not the product of one specific culture. Different conceptions of God are held in various cultures, but this does not negate the basic idea of a creator or nonhuman personal cause.

Duk da yawan masu musun kasancewar Allah a duniya, imani da Allah ya zama ruwan dare a ko'ina. Imani da ya zama ruwan dare ba yana nufin kowane mutum a duniya dole ne ya yi imani da shi ba. Yarjejeniyar al'ummomi daban-daban a kan lamarin ta isa hujja cewa mutane gaba ɗaya suna imani da wanzuwar Allah, saboda haka ba don wasu yanayin zamantakewa na musamman ba ne. Bayyane yake cewa akwai masu imani da Allah da yawa fiye da masu musunsa a duniya, kuma haka lamarin ya kasance tun farkon tarihi da aka rubuta.

In spite of the number of atheists in the world, the belief in God is universal. A universal belief does not mean every single person on the planet must believe in it. A cross-cultural consensus is enough evidence to substantiate the claim that people universally believe in God’s existence, and therefore, it is not due to specific social conditions. Evidently, there are many more theists than atheists in the world, and this has been the case from the beginning of recorded history.

Ba a koyar da shi ba.

Untaught.

Ababen da suke bayyane ba sa bukatar a koyar da su ko a koye su. Misali, domin in san menene spaghetti, ina bukatar bayani game da abincin yammacin duniya da al'adun Italiya. Ba zan iya sanin menene spaghetti ta hanyar tunani kawai ba. Sabanin haka, ba ka bukatar wani bayani, ko na al'ada ko na ilimi, don sanin cewa akwai mahalicci ga abubuwa. Wannan na iya zama dalilin da ya sa masana ilimin zamantakewa da masana ilimin al'adun dan adam ke cewa ko da yara 'yan boko da aka watsar a wani tsibiri na hamada, za su yi imani cewa wani abu ne ya halicci tsibirin.91 Fahimtarmu game da Allah ta bambanta, amma imani na asali cewa akwai dalili ko mahalicci yana dogara ne da tunanin kanmu.

Self-evident truths do not need to be taught or learnt. For example, for me to know what spaghetti is, I require information of western cuisine and Italian culture. I cannot know what spaghetti is merely by reflecting on it. By contrast, you do not require any information, whether from culture or education, to know a creator for things exists. This may be the reason why sociologists and anthropologists argue that even if atheist children were stranded on a desert island, they would come to believe that something created the island.91 Our understanding of God differs, but the underlying belief in a cause or creator is based on our own reflections.

Wasu masu kafirci suna cewa, "Imani da Allah ba ta bambanta da imani da dodon spaghetti ba." Wannan ƙin yarda a fili yake ba daidai ba ne. Gaskiyar da take bayyana kanta ba ta bukatar bayanai daga waje. Ra'ayin cewa dodanni suna wanzuwa, ko ma cewa spaghetti yana wanzuwa, yana bukatar isar da bayanai. Babu wanda yake samun sanin dodanni ko spaghetti ta hanyar tunaninsa ko kallon cikin kansa. Saboda haka, dodon spaghetti ba gaskiya ce da take bayyana kanta ba; don haka ba za a iya kwatanta shi da Allah ba. Ba tare da karkata daga mahallin wannan babi ba, wannan ƙin yarda ma ya gaza, domin akwai hujjoji masu yawa masu kyau na wanzuwar Allah, kuma babu wata hujja mai kyau ta wanzuwar dodon spaghetti.

Some atheists exclaim, “Believing in God is no different than believing in the spaghetti monster”. This objection is obviously false. Self-evident truths do not require external information. The idea that monsters exist, or even that spaghetti exists, requires information transfer. No one acquires knowledge of monsters or spaghetti by their own intuitions or introspection. Therefore, the spaghetti monster is not a self-evident truth; thus, the comparison with God cannot be made. Diverting our attention from the context of this chapter, this objection also fails, as there are many good arguments for God’s existence and no good arguments for the existence of a spaghetti monster.

The user's message "Natural." is a single word to translate. Translating it into Hausa naturally: "Na halitta" or "Ta halitta"... The most natural Hausa equivalent of "Natural" as a single word is "Na halitta" (of nature) or "Na dabi'a". I'll use "Na dabi'a". Na dabi'a

Natural.

Imani ga wani nau'i na mahalicci ko dalili mai ban mamaki yana tushe ne a kan yadda kwakwalwar ɗan adam take aiki a dabi'ance. Mutane a dabi'ance suna ganin ra'ayin zanen da babu mai zane, ko ginin da babu mai gini, abin dariya ne. Haka abin yake ga dukkan halitta. Ra'ayin cewa wanzuwar Allah a bayyane take ya kasance batu na tattaunawar malamai a cikin ilimin addinin Musulunci. Malamin zamani Ibn Taymiyya ya bayyana cewa "tabbatar da Mahalicci an kafa shi sosai a zukatan dukkan mutane… yana daga cikin abubuwan da halittarsu ta wajabta…." 92 Malamin karni na 12 Al-Raghib al-Asfahani ya tabbatar da irin wannan magana, yana cewa sanin Allah "an kafa shi sosai a cikin rai".93 Baya ga matsayin Musulunci, bincike mai yawa a fannoni daban-daban yana goyon bayan matsayar cewa an nufe mu da mu ga duniya a matsayin wadda aka halitta kuma aka tsara.

Belief in some type of supernatural designer or cause is based on the natural functioning of the human psyche. People naturally find the idea of a painting without a painter or a building without a builder absurd. This is no different for the entire cosmos. The concept of God’s self-evident existence has been a topic of scholarly discussion in the Islamic intellectual tradition. The classical scholar Ibn Taymiyya explained that “affirmation of a Maker is firmly-rooted in the hearts of all men… it is from the binding necessities of their creation….” 92 The 12th century scholar Al-Raghib al-Asfahani similarly asserts that knowledge of God “is firmly-rooted in the soul”.93 As well as the Islamic position, a wealth of research in various fields supports the conclusion that we are meant to see the world as created and designed.

Shaidar ilimin halayyar dan Adam.

Psychological evidence.

Akwai masanin ilimi Olivera Petrovich, wanda ya gudanar da bincike game da asalin abubuwan halitta, kamar tsirrai da dabbobi, kuma ya gano cewa yara 'yan makaranta kafin shiga makaranta sun fi yin magana cewa Allah ne ya halicce su maimakon mutane, sau kusan bakwai.94 A cikin hirarrakinta da aka sani, ciki har da wasiƙun sirri da na yi da ita, Petrovich ta kammala cewa imani da Allah wanda ba ya kama da mutum ya zama kamar na halitta ne, kuma cewa rashin imani da Allah matsayi ne da mutum ke samu a tunaninsa.95 Petrovich ta buga littafi mai suna Natural-Theological Understanding from Childhood to Adulthood, wanda ya ƙara bayyana wannan batu. Masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam Paul Bloom ya yi jayayya cewa sabbin binciken ilimin tunanin dan adam sun nuna cewa abubuwa biyu masu muhimmanci na imanin addini, wato imani da mai ƙirƙira (mai tsarawa) da imani da rabuwar rai da jiki, suna da asali ga yara ƙanana.96 A cikin maƙalar Are Children 'Intuitive Theists'? Farfesa Deborah Kelemen ta binciki bincike da ya nuna cewa yara ƙanana suna da kaifin tunanin cewa abubuwan halitta suna da manufa da niyya. Ko da yake ana buƙatar ƙarin bincike, kuma yana nuna shaidar 'imani na ɗabi'a da Allah' kawai a hankali, takaitawar Kelemen ta ƙara nuna matsayin da muka tattauna a cikin wannan babin.

The academic Olivera Petrovich conducted research concerning the origins of natural things, such as plants and animals, and she found that pre-schoolers were about seven times more likely to say God created them rather than humans.94 In her popular interviews, including private correspondence I have had with her, Petrovich concludes that the belief in a non-anthropomorphic God seems to be natural, and that atheism is an acquired cognitive position.95 Petrovich has published a book called Natural-Theological Understanding from Childhood to Adulthood that elaborates further on this issue. Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that recent findings in cognitive psychology indicate that two key aspects of religious belief—belief in a designer, and belief in mind-body dualism—are natural to young children.96 In the article Are Children ‘Intuitive Theists’? Professor Deborah Kelemen explored research that suggested young children have a propensity to think about natural objects in terms of purpose and intention. Although more research is required, and it only tentatively suggests evidence to support ‘intuitive theism’, Kelemen’s summary further indicates the conclusions we have been discussing in this chapter:

Wani bita na bincike na baya-bayan nan kan ci gaban fahimtar yara ya nuna cewa, zuwa kusan shekara 5, yara suna fahimtar abubuwan halitta a matsayin waɗanda ba mutum ne ya halicce su ba, suna iya yin tunani game da yanayin tunanin wakilai marasa na halitta, kuma suna iya kallon abubuwa dangane da tsari da ƙira. A ƙarshe, shaidu daga yara masu shekaru 6 zuwa 10 sun nuna cewa yadda yara ke danganta manufa ga halitta yana da alaƙa da tunaninsu game da dalilan da ba na mutum ba suke haifar da abubuwa da niyya. Tare da haɗa waɗannan sakamako, za a iya bayyana hanyar yara ta bayar da bayani a matsayin "tauhidi na ilhami" (intuitive theism). Wani bincike na baya-bayan nan da Elisa Järnefelt, Caitlin F. Canfield da Deborah Kelemen suka gudanar, mai taken The divided mind of a disbeliever: Intuitive beliefs about nature as purposefully created among different groups of non-religious adults, ya kammala cewa akwai dabi'ar halitta ta ganin halitta a matsayin wadda aka tsara da manufa.98 Wannan ƙarshe ya dogara ne akan nazarce-nazarce uku. Nazari na 1 ya dogara ne akan samfurin mutane 352 manya na Arewacin Amurka. Samfurin ya haɗa da masu addini da waɗanda ba su da addini. Hanyar ta ƙunshi wani aikin halitta mai gaggawa, wanda "hanya ce da ke amfani da hotuna, wadda aka ƙirƙira don auna halin atomatik da na tunani na manya wajen amincewa cewa abubuwan halitta an yi su da manufa ta wani wakili"99. An raba mahalartan bazuwar zuwa yanayi mai gaggawa ko mara gaggawa. Dukkansu an nuna musu hotuna 120 a kwamfuta. Daga nan aka umarce su su yanke hukunci ko "wani wakili ya yi abin da ke cikin hoton da manufa" sannan su amsa eh ko a'a ta hanyar latsa maɓallan da suka dace a allon rubutu.100

“A review of recent cognitive developmental research reveals that by around 5 years of age, children understand natural objects as not humanly caused, can reason about non-natural agents’ mental states, and demonstrate the capacity to view objects in terms of design. Finally, evidence from 6- to 10- year-olds suggests that children’s assignments of purpose to nature relate to their ideas concerning intentional nonhuman causation. Together, these research findings suggest that children’s explanatory approach may be accurately described as intuitive theism.” Recent research by Elisa Järnefelt, Caitlin F. Canfield and Deborah Kelemen, titled The divided mind of a disbeliever: Intuitive beliefs about nature as purposefully created among different groups of non-religious adults, concluded that there is a natural propensity to see nature as designed.98 This conclusion was grounded in three studies. Study 1 was based on a sample of 352 North American adults. The sample included religious and non-religious participants. The procedure involved a speeded creation task which was “a picture-based procedure devised to measure adults’ automatic and reflective tendencies to endorse natural phenomena as purposefully made by some being”99. The participants were randomly assigned either to a speeded or an unspeeded condition. All of the participants were presented with 120 pictures on a computer. They were then to judge whether “any being purposefully made the thing in the picture” and respond yes or no by pressing the relevant keys on a keyboard.100

Study 2 was based on 148 North American adults "who were recruited via the email lists of atheist and other explicitly non-religious associations and organizations"101. The same speeded creation task of Study 1 was given to the participants in Study 2. Study 3 was based on 151 Finnish atheist adults "recruited via the email lists of student associations and organizations all around Finland"102. This group was given a similar speeded created task. The results were fascinating. In their discussion the academics conclude that atheists saw things as purposefully made:

Study 2 was based on 148 North American adults “who were recruited via the email lists of atheist and other explicitly non-religious associations and organizations”101. The same speeded creation task of Study 1 was given to the participants in Study 2. Study 3 was based on 151 Finnish atheist adults “recruited via the email lists of student associations and organizations all around Finland”102. This group was given a similar speeded created task. The results were fascinating. In their discussion the academics conclude that atheists saw things as purposefully made:

Kamar yadda Nazari na 1 da na 2 suka nuna, Nazari na 3 ya bayyana cewa mutanen da ba su da addini a Finland ta Arewacin Turai, inda rashin addini ba matsala ba ce kuma inda maganar tauhidi a cikin al'adu ba ta da ƙarfi kamar yadda take a Amurka, suna ɗaukar duka abubuwan halitta masu rai da marasa rai a matsayin waɗanda wani baƙon halitta ya yi da gangan, idan aka takaita tunaninsu. Abin sha'awa, kwatanta ƙungiyoyin mutanen da ba su da addini a dukkan nazarin uku ya nuna cewa, duk da rashin maganar tauhidi mai ƙarfi a al'adu, mutanen Finland da ba su da addini sun fi yin kasa wajen dakatar da gaba ɗayan matakin yarda da halitta fiye da masu rashin imani na Arewacin Amurka. Wannan sakamako ya nuna cewa maganar tauhidi da ke kewaye da mutane a al'adu ba ita ce kaɗai dalilin da ke sa mutane su yarda da halitta mai manufa a cikin yanayi ba.

“Consistent with Study 1 and Study 2, Study 3 revealed that non-religious participants in Nordic Finland, where non-religiosity is not an issue and where theistic cultural discourse is not present in the way it is in the United States, default to viewing both living and non-living natural phenomena as purposefully made by a non-human being when their processing is restricted. Interestingly, comparisons across the different groups of non-religious participants in all three studies showed that, despite the absence of prominent theistic cultural discourse, non-religious Finnish participants were more likely than North American atheists to fail in suppressing their overall level of creation endorsement. This pattern of results shows that ambient theistic cultural discourse is therefore not the only factor that explains people’s tendency to endorse purposeful creation in nature.”.

Babban ƙarshen wannan bincike ya haɗa da cewa sakamakon "yana ba da goyon bayan hujja ta hanyar gwaji ga shawarar cewa rashin imani da addini yana buƙatar ƙoƙarin tunani sosai" da kuma cewa "binciken yanzu yana nuna cewa akwai wata dabi'a mai zurfi a cikin mutum ta ganin halitta a matsayin wadda aka tsara ta da gangan". A wata ma'ana, rashin imani yana gajiyar da hankali, kuma ganin abubuwa a matsayin wadanda aka tsara da gangan wani bangare ne na abin da ke sa mutum ya zama mutum. Binciken ya nuna cewa imani da Mahalicci yana cikin dabi'ar mutum tun haihuwa. Duk da haka, kamar yadda yake a mafi yawan bincike, "tambayoyi da dama sun kasance game da yiwuwar alaka tsakanin wadannan tunanin tsara-abubuwa da ke bayyana tun farko".

The general conclusions of this research include the fact that the results “lend empirical support to the proposal that religious non-belief is cognitively effortful”104 and that “the current findings suggest that there is a deeply rooted natural tendency to view nature as designed”.105. In other words, non-belief is intellectually exhausting, and seeing things as designed is part of what makes us human. The study suggests that theism is innate. However, as with most research, “many questions remain regarding possible connections between these early developing design intuitions”.106.

Ana buƙatar ƙarin bincike sosai a fannin ilimin tunani da na ci gaban ɗan Adam kafin a iya cimma wata matsaya ta ƙarshe. Duk da haka, binciken da aka ambata a sama yana goyon bayan ra'ayin cewa imani da Allah abu ne na halitta. Wasu masu adawa na iya ambaton binciken da ke nuna cewa yara daga gidajen addini suna fama da wahalar bambance gaskiya da tatsuniya tun suna ƙanana. Irin wannan bincike ba zai iya raunana matsayar da aka cimma ba, domin binciken ya mayar da hankali ne kawai kan labarun addini, ba kan ra'ayin cewa abubuwa suna buƙatar mai ƙirƙira ko mahalicci ba.107 Ko da haka, gaskiyar cewa yara masu addini na iya samun wahalar bambance gaskiya da tatsuniya har yanzu ba ta da alaƙa da batun ƙarshe na falsafa, domin danganta hakan da goyon bayan rashin imani maimakon imani yana ɗauka cewa rashin imani gaskiya ne kuma imani tatsuniya ce. Irin wannan bincike ba zai karyata sakamakon da aka ambata a sama ba. Ya kamata a nuna cewa wasu daga cikin binciken da na gabatar a sama suna da tasiri a al'adu daban-daban, ma'ana, ba tare da la'akari da asalin addinin mahalarta ba, suna da yanayin samun ra'ayoyi irin na masu imani da Allah.

Much more research is required in both cognitive and developmental psychology to form any definitive conclusions. However, the above studies support the view that the belief in God is natural. Some objectors may cite research that suggests that children from religious backgrounds have difficulty distinguishing between reality and fantasy at a young age. This research cannot undermine the aforementioned conclusions, because the studies only focused on religious narratives and not the concept of things requiring a designer or creator.107 Even so, the fact that religious children may have difficulty distinguishing between reality and fiction is still metaphysically neutral, because to suggest that it supports atheism rather than theism assumes that atheism is true and theism is fiction. Such research would not invalidate the findings mentioned above. It must be pointed out that some of the research I have presented above has cross-cultural implications, which means that regardless of the participants’ theist and atheist backgrounds, they had a tendency to have theist-like intuitions.

Wata hujja kuma tana cewa tun da wasu bincike sun nuna cewa rashin imani da Allah (atheism) yana bukatar ƙoƙari na tunani, wato yana bukatar ƙarin tunani, to hakan yana nuna cewa shi ne matsayi mafi hankali. Wannan hujja tana kan kuskuren fahimta (false inference). Shaidar kuma tana iya nuna cewa rashin imani yana bukatar ɗaukar zato marasa gaskiya game da duniyar zahiri (duba Babi na 12); saboda haka yana zama mai gajiyarwa ta fuskar tunani sakamakon haka.

Another contention includes that since some of the research shows that atheism is cognitively effortful—which implies that more thought is required—then it indicates that it is the most rational position. This objection is based on a false inference. The evidence can also suggest that atheism requires adopting false assumptions about the physical world (see Chapter 12); hence it becomes mentally taxing as a result.

Ban haɗa dukkan binciken da ya dace a nan ba. Tattaunawar na iya zama mai sarƙaƙiya ƙwarai, kuma duk da cewa akwai binciken da ke karo da juna, a ra'ayina su ba su da tabbaci sosai. Babban manufar wannan tattaunawa ita ce nuna wani yanayi mai ƙaruwa a bincike wanda ke goyon bayan ra'ayin cewa imani da wanzuwar Allah ɗabi'a ce ta ɗan Adam.

I have not included all of the relevant research here. The discussions can be quite complex and although there are contradictory studies, they are—in my view—less conclusive. The main objective of this discussion is to show a growing trend in the research that supports the view that the belief in God’s existence is natural.

Shaidun ilimin zamantakewa da na ɗan adam.

Sociological and anthropological evidence.

Farfesa Justin Barrett ya gudanar da bincike a cikin littafinsa, Born believers: the science of children's religious belief, inda ya duba halayya da da'awar yara. Ya kammala da cewa yara suna imani da abin da ya kira "addinin dabi'a". Wannan shi ne ra'ayin cewa akwai wani Mahalicci mai hankali wanda ya halicci dukkan duniya. Wannan Mahalicci ba zai iya zama mutum ba - dole ne ya zama Allah, na ruhaniya fiye da na halitta.

Professor Justin Barrett’s research in his book, Born believers: the science of children’s religious belief, looked at the behaviour and claims of children. He concluded that the children believed in what he calls “natural religion”. This is the idea that there is a personal Being that created the entire universe. That Being cannot be human—it must be divine, supernatural:

Bincike na kimiyya game da tunanin yara masu girma da imani ga abubuwan ban mamaki (na ruhaniya) yana nuna cewa yara kan samu tunani wanda ke sauƙaƙa imani ga wakilai marasa ganuwa a kullum kuma cikin sauri. Musamman a shekara ta farko bayan haihuwa, yara suna bambance tsakanin wakilai da abubuwan da ba su da rai, suna fahimtar cewa wakilai na iya motsa kansu da manufa don cimma buri. Suna da sha'awar neman aiki a kewayensu, ko da ba su da hujja mai yawa. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan cika shekara ɗaya, jarirai suna da alama sun fahimci cewa wakilai, ba karfin halitta ko abubuwa na yau da kullum ba, su ne ke iya kawo tsari daga rikici… Wannan dabi'ar ganin manufa da manufa, tare da fahimtar cewa tsari da manufa suna fitowa daga halittu masu hankali, na sa yara su yi tunanin cewa abubuwan halitta an halicce su da niyya. Wane ne Mahalicci? Yara sun sani cewa mutane ba su ne mafi dacewa ba. Dole ne ya zama wani allah… an haifi yara masu imani da abin da nake kira addinin halitta….108

“Scientific research on children’s developing minds and supernatural beliefs suggests that children normally and rapidly acquire minds that facilitate belief in supernatural agents. Particularly in the first year after birth, children distinguish between agents and non-agents, understanding agents as able to move themselves in purposeful ways to pursue goals. They are keen to find agency around them, even given scant evidence. Not long after their first birthday, babies appear to understand that agents, but not natural forces or ordinary objects, can create order out of disorder… This tendency to see function and purpose, plus an understanding that purpose and order come from minded beings, makes children likely to see natural phenomena as intentionally created. Who is the Creator? Children know people are not good candidates. It must have been a god… children are born believers of what I call natural religion….”108

Mai hankali.

Intuitive.

Wujudin mahalicci shi ne fassarar duniya mafi sauƙin fahimta. Shi ne bayani mafi sauƙi kuma mafi cikakke game da sararin samaniya da kasancewarmu. Haka kuma yana da sauƙin fahimta ba tare da wani umarni na musamman ba. Ɗan Adam yana da ɗabi'ar danganta abubuwa da dalilansu a kowane lokaci, kuma dukkan sararin samaniya na ɗaya daga cikin irin waɗannan abubuwa (duba Babi na 5 da na 6). Ba dukkan ra'ayoyin fahimta ne ke zama gaskiya ba, amma ana buƙatar hujja domin a sa mutum ya bar ra'ayinsa na farko game da abubuwa. Misali, idan mutum ya ga tsari da tsari mai ma'ana a cikin duniya, ra'ayin da ya fara fahimta shi ne cewa akwai mai tsarawa (duba Babi na 8). Domin a sa wannan mutum ya canza ra'ayinsa, ana buƙatar hujja mai inganci da za ta tabbatar da ra'ayin da ya saɓa wa fahimta. Imani da Ubangiji, mahalicci, mai tsarawa ko wani dalili na ruhaniya gaskiya ce da babu buƙatar tabbatarwa. Imani ne na duniya baki ɗaya, wanda ba a koya ba, na halitta kuma na fahimta ta hanyar ɗabi'a. Saboda haka, tambayar da ya kamata a yi ba ita ce: Shin Ubangiji yana wanzuwa ba? Tambayar da ya kamata a yi ita ce: Me ya sa kake ƙin wanzuwar Ubangiji? Ta haka za ka juya teburin, kuma hakan daidai ne; rashin imani da Allah ba shi da tushe a dabi'ar ɗan Adam. Nauyin tabbatarwa yana kan wanda ya ƙalubalanci gaskiyar da ba ta buƙatar tabbatarwa. Idan wani ya ce abin da ya gabata ba gaskiya ba ne, ko kuma cewa sauran mutane ba su da hankali, to shi ne zai ɗauki nauyin tabbatar da hakan. Masu rashin imani ba su bambanta ba. Dole ne su tabbatar da dalilin da ya sa suke ƙin wani dalili ko mahalicci ga sararin samaniya.

The existence of a creator is the most intuitive interpretation of the world. It is the simplest and most comprehensive explanation of the universe and our existence. It is also easy to understand without explicit instruction. Human beings have an affinity to attribute causes to things all the time, and the entire cosmos is one of those things (see Chapters 5 and 6). Not all intuitions are true, but evidence is required to make someone depart from their initial intuitions about things. For example, when someone perceives design and order in the universe, the intuitive conclusion is that there is a designer (see Chapter 8). To make that person change their mind, valid evidence is required to justify the counter-intuitive view. The belief in a God, creator, designer or supernatural cause is a self-evident truth. It is universal, untaught, natural and intuitive. In this light, the right question to ask is not: Does God exist? The right question should be: Why do you reject God’s existence? This way you will have turned the tables and rightly so; atheism is unnatural. The onus of proof is on someone who challenges a self-evident truth. When someone claims that the past is an illusion or that other people do not have minds, he or she would have to shoulder the burden of proof. Atheists are no different. They have to justify their rejection of a cause or creator for the universe.

"Kasancewar Allah ba ya nan ana iya gane shi ta hanyar kansa" Wasu masu ƙaryata kasancewar Allah suna cewa ƙaryata kasancewar Allah gaskiya ce ta asali. Duk da haka, ƙin yarda da sanadi ko mahalicci ba abu ne da ake gane shi ta hanyar kansa ba. Ko da yake ƙaryata kasancewar Allah yanzu matsayi ne da mutane da yawa suke bi a ko'ina (kuma watakila tun farkon tarihin da aka rubuta), ana koyarwa, kuma ya saba da abin da hankali ke fahimta. Mutane suna buƙatar koyo don su ƙi ra'ayin cewa akwai mahalicci ko sanadi ga abubuwa. Ƙaryata mahalicci ga duniya ba shi ne bayani mafi sauƙi kuma mafi cikakke ba. Yana iya zama mai sauƙi, amma ba ya bayar da cikakken bayani. A gaskiya yana haifar da matsaloli da yawa fiye da waɗanda yake warwarewa. Misali, ta yaya duniya za ta samu wanzuwa daga babu komai (duba Babi na 5)? Ta yaya wannan duniya mai dogaro ba za ta da bayani game da wanzuwarta ba (duba Babi na 6)? Mai ƙaryata Allah zai iya amsawa da cewa akwai wasu bayanai game da asali da yanayin duniya. Wannan gaskiya ne. Amma waɗannan bayanai ba abu ne da ake gane shi ta hanyar kansa ba. Ba su ne matsayin asali ba; matsayi ne da ake samu daga baya. Kamar yadda aka ambata a baya, don ƙin abin da ake ganin ya bayyana da kansa, dole ne a kawo hujja. Ba ni ƙaryata bayanai madadin game da wanzuwar sararin samaniya ba; ina dai nuna abin da shi ne matsayin asali. Tun da ra'ayin cewa akwai mahalicci gaskiya ce ta asali, tambaya ta farko da ya kamata mu yi ita ce: Wace hujja muke da ita don ƙin wanzuwar mahalicci?

“Atheism is self-evidently true” Some atheists argue that atheism is true by default. However, the rejection of a cause or a creator is not self-evident. Although atheism is now also a universal position (and may have been since the beginning of recorded history), it is taught and is counter-intuitive. People have to learn to reject the concept of a creator or cause for things. Denying a creator for the universe is not the simplest and most comprehensive explanation. It may be simple, but it does not provide a comprehensive explanation. It actually creates far more problems than it solves. For instance, how could the universe come into existence from nothing (see Chapter 5)? How could this contingent universe have no explanation for its existence (see Chapter 6)? The atheist may respond by saying that there are alternative explanations for the origins and nature of the universe. This is true. However, these explanations are not self-evident. They are not the default; they are acquired positions. As mentioned previously, in order to reject what is considered self-evident, one must provide evidence. I am not dismissing alternative explanations for the existence of the cosmos, I am merely pointing out what is the default position. Since the basic idea of a creator is true by default, the first question we should ask is: What evidence do we have to reject the existence of a creator?.

Yanayin halitta: fitrah.

The innate disposition: fitrah.

Allah a matsayin gaskiya bayyananniya da ba ta bukatar hujja tana da alaka da ra'ayin tauhidi na Musulunci game da fitrah. Kalmar ta samo asali ne daga tushen harafin Larabci uku fa ṭa ra (wanda ke da alaka da kalmomi kamar fatrun da fatarahu), ma'ana abin da aka halitta ko aka yi. A fannin ma'ana ta harshe, fitrah na nufin wani abu da Allah ya halitta a cikinmu. A fannin tauhidi kuwa, fitrah ita ce yanayin dabi'a ko halin asali na mutum wanda Allah ya halitta da sanin Shi tun asali da kuma kusantar bauta wa Mahalicci.109 Wannan yana bisa ga hadisin Annabi Muhammadﷺ mai inganci wanda ya ce: "Kowane yaro ana haifarsa a kan fitrah. Sai iyayensa su mayar da shi Bayahude, ko Banasare, ko Bamajusi…."110

God as a self-evident truth relates to the Islamic theological concept concerning the fitrah. The word comes from the Arabic trilateral stem fa ṭa ra ( which relates to words such as fatrun and fatarahu), meaning a created or made thing. From a lexical point of view, the fitrah refers to something that has been created within us by God. Theologically, the fitrah is the natural state or the innate disposition of the human being that has been created by God with innate knowledge of Him and with the affinity to worship the Divine.109 This is based on the authentic statement of the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which states, “every child is born in a state of fitrah. Then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian or a Magian….”110

Wannan hadisin Annabi ya koyar da cewa kowane ɗan Adam yana da wannan dabi'a ta asali, amma abubuwan waje kamar tarbiyya, kuma bisa ga haka al'umma, suna canza ɗan Adam zuwa wanda ke karɓar imani da ayyuka waɗanda ba su dace da ilimin da ke cikin fitrarsa game da Allah ba. An yi tattaunawa masu yawa na malamai a kan ma'anar fitrah. Misali, masanin tauhidi Al-Ghazali, wanda ya rayu a karni na 11, ya yi bayani cewa fitrah hanya ce da mutane ke amfani da ita wajen samun gaskiyar wanzuwar Allah da cewa Shi ne ya cancanci a bauta masa. Ya kuma tabbatar da cewa sanin Allah wani abu ne "kowane ɗan Adam yana da shi a zurfin hankalinsa." Ibn Taymiyya, malamin karni na 14, ya bayyana dabi'ar asali a matsayin wani abu da Allah ya halitta a cikin halittunSa wanda ya ƙunshi sanin Allah da aka dasa a cikinsa.

This Prophetic tradition teaches that every human being has this innate disposition, but external influences such as parenting and by extension society—change the human being into someone who adopts beliefs and practices that are not in line with the innate knowledge of God. There have been numerous scholarly discussions on the concept of the fitrah. For example, the 11th century theologian Al-Ghazali argues that the fitrah is a means that people use to acquire the truth of God’s existence and that He is entitled to our worship. He also maintained that knowledge of God is something “every human being has in the depths of his consciousness”.111 Ibn Taymiyya, the 14th century scholar, describes the innate disposition as something God created within His creation that contains ingrained knowledge of God:

"…wanzuwar wani Mahalicci cikakke an san ta ta hanyar fitrah, kuma wannan sani yana cikin zuciya, wajibi ne, kuma a bayyane yake."112

“…the existence of a perfect Creator is known from the fitrah, and this knowledge is ingrained, necessary, and obvious.”112

Duk da cewa fitrah yanayi ne na halitta, ana iya "rufe" ta ko "lalata" ta ta hanyar tasirin waje. Waɗannan tasiri, kamar yadda hadisin Annabci da ke sama ya nuna, sun haɗa da tarbiyya, al'umma da matsin lamba daga abokan zama. Waɗannan tasiri na iya gajimare fitrah su hana mutum amincewa da gaskiya. Ibn Taimiyya ya yi bayani cewa idan yanayin halitta ya gajimare saboda wasu tasiri, mutum na iya buƙatar wasu hujjoji domin tabbatar da wanzuwar Allah.

In spite of the fact that the fitrah is a natural state, it can be ‘veiled’ or ‘spoiled’ by external influences. These influences, as indicated by the above Prophetic tradition, can include parenting, society and peer pressure. These influences can cloud the fitrah and prevent someone from acknowledging the truth. Ibn Taymiyya argues that when the natural state is clouded with other influences, the person may require other evidences for God’s existence:

Tabbatar da Mahalicci da cikakkiyar siffarSa abu ne na dabi'a kuma wajibi ga wanda fitrarsa ta tsaya cik, ko da yake tare da wannan tabbaci akwai wasu hujjoji masu yawa a kansa, kuma sau da yawa idan fitrar ta canja… mutane da yawa na iya buƙatar irin waɗannan hujjoji.

“Affirmation of a Creator and His perfection is innate and necessary with respect to one whose innate disposition remains intact, even though alongside such an affirmation it has many other evidences for it as well, and often when the innate disposition is altered… many people may be in need of such other evidences.”.

Waɗannan sauran hujjoji na iya haɗawa da hujjoji na hankali. Ibn Taymiyya ba mai goyon bayan hujjojin hankali ba ne sosai wajen tabbatar da wanzuwar Allah. Ya tabbatar da cewa fitrah ita ce babbar hanyar tabbatar da Mahalicci. Duk da haka, bai watsar da ingantattun hujjojin hankali na wanzuwar Allah ba.114 Amma dole ne waɗannan hujjojin hankali su dace da ilimin tauhidi na Musulunci, kada su ɗauki hujjoji (ko zato) da suka saɓa masa. Daga mahangar ilimin sanin Musulunci, yana da muhimmanci a sani cewa imani da wanzuwar Allah ba a samunsa ta hanyar wani nau'i na shaidar ƙaddamarwa, ko ta hanyar ƙarshe, ko ta falsafa ko ta kimiyya kawai ba. Maimakon haka, waɗannan hujjoji suna farkawa da share fitrah, domin mutum ya iya gane ilimin Allah da aka halitta a cikinsa. Gaskiyar wanzuwar Allah da kuma cewa Shi ne abin bautawa da ya cancanci a bauta masa, fitrah ta riga ta sani. Sai dai fitrah na iya gurɓata saboda zamantakewa da sauran tasirin waje. Saboda haka, aikin hujjojin hankali shi ne su ‘tuna’ mu da gaskiyar da muka riga muka sani. Don kwatanta wannan batu, ka yi tunanin ina share ɗakin sama na mahaifiyata. Yayin da nake motsa tsoffin jakunkuna da jefar da abubuwan da ba a so, sai na ga abin wasana da na fi so wanda na saba yi da shi lokacin ina da shekara 5. Sai in tuna wani abu da na riga na sani. A zuciyata sai in ce, “Eh, na tuna wannan abin wasan. Shi ne wanda na fi so.” Gaskiyar imani da Allah da kuma cewa Shi ne abin bautawa da ya cancanta a bauta masa ba ta bambanta da haka ba. Hujjojin hankali suna aiki a matsayin farkawa ta ruhi da ta hankali don fahimtar ilimin da ke cikin fitrah ɗinmu.

These other evidences can include rational arguments. Ibn Taymiyya was not a strong advocate of rational arguments for God’s existence. He maintained that the fitrah was the main way of affirming the Divine. However, he did not dismiss sound rational proofs for God’s existence.114 Nevertheless, these rational arguments must conform to Islamic theology and not adopt premises (or assumptions) that contradict it. From the perspective of Islamic epistemology, it is important to know that conviction in the existence of God is not solely inferred from some type of inductive, deductive, philosophical or scientific evidence. Instead, these evidences awaken and uncloud the fitrah so the human being can recognise the innate knowledge of God. The truth of God’s existence and the fact that He is worthy of our worship is already known by the fitrah. However, the fitrah can be clouded by socialisation and other external influences. Therefore, the role of rational arguments is to ‘remind’ us of the truth that we already know. To illustrate this point, imagine I am cleaning my mother’s loft. As I move old bags around and throw away unwanted objects, I find my favourite toy that I used to play with when I was 5 years old. I am reminded about something that I already have knowledge of. In my mind I think, “Oh yeah. I remember this toy. It was my favourite.” The truth of believing in God and the fact that He is worthy of our worship is no different. Rational arguments serve as spiritual and intellectual awakenings to realise the knowledge that is contained in our fitrah.

Sauran hanyoyin da fitrah za ta iya samun haske sun haɗa da tunani a kan kai, abubuwan ruhaniya, lura da yin tunani mai zurfi. Alƙur'ani yana ƙarfafa tambaya da tunani mai zurfi game da abubuwa:

Other ways the fitrah can be unclouded include introspection, spiritual experiences, reflection and pondering. The Qur’an promotes questioning and thinking deeply about things:

Ta haka ne Muke bayyana ayoyi dalla-dalla ga mutanen da suke tunani.115

“Thus do We explain in detail the signs for who give thought.”115

Lalle a cikin wannan akwai alama ga mutanen da suke tunani.116

“Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought.”116

Ko an halicce su ne daga babu komai? Ko kuwa su ne masu halitta [kansu]? Ko kuma su ne suka halicci sammai da ƙasa? A'a, ba su da yakini.117

“Or were they created by nothing? Or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the Earth? Rather, they are not certain.”117

Ilimin Musulunci ya kalli hujjojin hankali a matsayin hanyoyi, ba manufa ba. Suna aiki ne a matsayin hanyar farkawa ko share fitrah. Saboda haka yana da matuƙar muhimmanci a lura cewa shiriya tana fitowa daga Allah kaɗai, kuma babu adadin hujjojin hankali da zai iya shawo kan zuciyar mutum ya fahimci gaskiyar Musulunci. Allah ya bayyana wannan a fili: "Lallai, kai ba ka shiryar da wanda ka so, amma Allah ne yake shiryar da wanda ya ga dama. Shi ne kuma mafi sani ga masu shiryuwa."118 Shiriya al'amari ne na ruhi wanda ya dogara ga rahamar Allah, ilimi da hikimarsa. Idan Allah ya ga dama mutum ya shiryu ta hanyar hujjojin hankali, to babu abin da zai hana wannan mutum karɓar gaskiya. Amma idan Allah ya yanke hukunci cewa mutum bai cancanci shiriya ba, bisa hikimar Allah, to ko da an gabatar da hujjoji masu ƙarfi da yawa, wannan mutum ba zai taɓa karɓar gaskiya ba.

Islamic epistemology views rational arguments as means and not ends. They serve as a way of awakening or unclouding the fitrah. This is why it is very important to note that guidance only comes from God, and no amount of rational evidence can convince one’s heart to realise the truth of Islam. God makes this very clear: “Indeed, you do not guide whom you like, but God guides whom He wills. And He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.”118 Guidance is a spiritual matter that is based on God’s mercy, knowledge and wisdom. If God wills that someone is guided through rational arguments, then nothing will stop that person from accepting the truth. However, if God decides that someone does not deserve guidance—based on a Divine wisdom— then regardless of how many cogent arguments that are presented, that person will never accept the truth.

A ƙarshe, imani da wanzuwar Allah gaskiya ce a bayyane take. Kamar yadda ake yi da duk gaskiyar da take a bayyane, idan wani ya ƙalubalance ta, nauyin hujja yana kan wannan mutum. Hanya guda tilo da za a iya rushe imani da Allah ita ce idan akwai wata hujja tabbatacciya da ke nuna cewa Mahalicci ba ya wanzuwa. Sai dai, kamar yadda wannan littafi zai nuna, ƴan hujjojin da masu kafirci suke da su game da wanzuwar Allah rauni ne kuma ba su da zurfi a fannin falsafa (duba Babi na 11 da na 12). An ambaci gaskiyar wanzuwar Allah, wadda take a bayyane, a cikin Alkur'ani sama da shekaru 1,400 da suka wuce:

To conclude, the belief in God’s existence is a self-evident truth. As with all self-evident truths, when someone challenges them, the onus of proof is on them. The only way the belief in God can be undermined is if there is any positive evidence for the non-existence of the Divine. However, as this book will show, the few arguments that atheists have against the existence of God are weak and philosophically shallow (see Chapters 11 and 12). The self-evident truth of God was addressed in the Qur’an over 1,400 years ago:

Shin akwai shakka game da Allah, Mahaliccin sammai da ƙasa? Note: The rules require "God" to be written as the Hausa word for God, never "Allah". Correcting that: Shin akwai shakka game da Ubangiji, Mahaliccin sammai da ƙasa?119

“Can there be doubt about God, Creator of the heavens and Earth?”119

A ƙarshen wannan babi, malamin addinin Musulunci Wesam Charkawi ya bayyana da kyau cewa wanzuwar Allah na dacewa da fitar dabi'armu ta asali: Note: the rules require "God" to be written as the Hausa word for God, so here it is "Allah"? No, per the rules, I must write the Hausa word for God, never "Allah". Corrected: A ƙarshen wannan babi, malamin addinin Musulunci Wesam Charkawi ya bayyana da kyau cewa wanzuwar Ubangiji na dacewa da fitar dabi'armu ta asali:

To end this chapter, Islamic scholar Wesam Charkawi aptly explains that God’s existence is in line with our natural disposition:

"Lalle ne, ma'anar farko a zurfin mutum idan ya yi tunani a cikin kansa da kuma duniyar da ke kewaye da shi ita ce ma'anar wani iko mafi girma da yake mulkin duniya da umarnin tafiyar da rayuwa da mutuwa, halitta da hallaka, motsi da tsayuwa, da dukkan nau'ikan canje-canje masu tsari da ke faruwa a cikinta. Ba tare da shakka ba, ɗan Adam yana jin wannan gaskiya kuma yana imani da ita sosai, ko yana iya kawo hujja don tabbatar da gaskiyar wannan ji ko bai iya ba. Wannan ilhamar ɗabi'a ce ko fitrar ɗan Adam, wacce hujja ce daidai kuma tabbatacciya… Bugu da ƙari, muna jin a cikin kanmu kasancewar tausayi, soyayya, ƙiyayya, ƙarfafawa da ƙyama, to amma mene ne hujjar cewa yana wanzuwa, koda yayin da yake rawa a cikinmu? Shin mutum zai iya kawo hujja fiye da abin da yake ji da abin da yake ji a jikinsa, alhali kuwa yana da gaskiya babu shakka? Mutum yana jin farin ciki kuma yana jin ciwo, amma shin mutum ba zai iya kafa hujja da ta tabbatar da wanzuwarsu fiye da abin da yake ji ba? Babu shakka, wannan ita ce fitrah ko ilhama wadda aka halicci ɗan Adam a kanta, kuma waɗannan su ne zurfafan ji da aka dasa a cikinmu. Ba a cikinmu suke ba don babu dalili ko a banza, a'a gaskiya ce ta halitta da ta dace da duniya."120

“Indeed, the first sense in the depth of a person if he contemplates within himself and in the world around him is the sense of a higher power that reigns over the world with the command to dispose over life and death, creation and annihilation, motion and stillness and all the different types of meticulous changes that occur in it. Unequivocally, mankind senses this reality and believes in it deeply, regardless of whether one is able to produce evidence to verify the truth of this feeling or is unable. This is a natural instinct or the natural disposition of mankind, which is indeed a precise and exact evidence… In addition, we feel in ourselves the presence of compassion, love, hate, encouragement and dislike, though what is the proof that it exists, even while it flutters within us? Is one able to bring forth evidence more than that which he feels and senses, and yet it is real without doubt? One feels excitement and senses pain, yet is one unable to establish evidence to prove it exists with more than what he feels? Without doubt, this is the natural way [fitrah] or instinct on which mankind has been created, and these are the deep feelings that have been embedded within us. They are not within us for no reason or in vain, rather it is a natural truth that corresponds to the world.”120