14.4 Musulmon shubhalanuvchining vazifasi nima
14.4 What Is The Mission Of The Muslim Skeptic
Oddiy qilib aytganda, Muslim Skeptic bugungi dunyoda an'anaviy Islomni — ilmiy an'ana sifatida ham, ruhiy an'ana sifatida ham — ham musulmonlar, ham kofirlar tomonidan jiddiyroq qabul qilinishini istaydi. Nega? Chunki ko'plab musulmonlarning imonini buzayotgan jiddiy to'siqlar bor, masalan, liberalizm, sekularizm, saentizm va boshqalar. Ko'plab kofirlarda ham shunday to'siqlar bor, ular Islomni qabul qilishga yoki, bu bo'lmasa ham, Payg'ambar ﷺ, Qur'on va islomiy yo'lga hurmat bilan qarashga to'sqinlik qiladi. Shuning uchun keling, bu to'siqlarni yo'qotaylik. Biz musulmonlar Payg'ambar ﷺ, Qur'on va Islomni oddiy narsalardan va tabiiy inson imkoniyatlari doirasidan tashqarida ekanini tushunamiz. Shunday go'zallik, kuch va hayratlanarli ulug'vorlikka ega narsani tasavvur qiling, uni shunchaki ko'rish bilan ham, bu narsa boshqa olamdan, Yaratuvchidan ekanini bilasiz. Bizning dinimizga bo'lgan mahliyo, hayrat va muhabbat darajasi shunday bo'lishi kerak. Shunda savol tug'iladi: nega boshqalar biz ko'rayotgan narsani ko'rmayapti? Nega ular vahshiylik va odobsizlikni ko'rmoqda? Bunga turli sabablar bor, lekin asosiy sabablardan biri ana shu to'siqlardir. Shuning uchun bu muammoni eng yaxshi yo'l bilan hal qilaylik.
Simply put, the Muslim Skeptic wants traditional Islam —as an intellectual tradition, as a spiritual tradition—to be taken more seriously in the world today, by Muslims and kuffar alike. Why? Because many Muslims have major obstacles crippling their faith, e.g., liberalism, secularism, scientism, etc. Many kuffar, too, have these obstacles preventing them from accepting Islam or, short of that, respecting the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and the Quran and the Islamic way. So let’s take down these obstacles. As Muslims, we understand the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, the Quran, and Islam as clearly beyond anything commonplace or within the realm of purely human, natural possibility. Imagine something of such beauty, power, and awe-inspiring splendor that to merely look upon it, one knows this is from beyond…this is from the Creator. This is the level of enchantment, amazement, and love we have or should have for our deen. The question then becomes, why isn’t everyone else seeing what we see? Why is everyone seeing barbarism and incivility, etc.? And there are a variety of reasons, but a major reason is these obstacles. So let’s address that problem in the best way