伊本·阿拔斯传述了一段来自先知ﷺ的圣训。

Ibn `Abbas narrated a hadith from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

有人听到了一段圣训,心中不安,并提出了反对。伊本·阿拔斯听后评论道:“他们有什么好害怕的呢?!他们轻易接受明确的东西,而一旦遇到不明确的东西,他们便走向毁灭。”西方怀疑论者的惯常做法是:凡是与其理解不相符的,他便质疑,继而反对。这是因为他错误地认为,自己的头脑可以充当真理的绝对标准。

A man heard the hadith and became disturbed by it and objected to it. Upon hearing this, Ibn `Abbas commented, “What is it that they have to fear?! They easily accept what is clear, however when it comes to what is unclear, they are destroyed.” The modus operandi of the Western skeptic is to question and then object to anything that does not accord with his understanding. This is because he erroneously believes that his own mind can serve as the absolute criterion of Truth.

然而,那位穆斯林怀疑论者会审视自己,并对自身中任何与伊斯兰教不相符的东西提出质疑。这是因为他正确地认识到,自己的心智是有限的,而只有伊斯兰教才能作为真理的绝对标准。

The Muslim Skeptic, however, questions himself and objects to anything within himself that does not accord with Islam. This is because he correctly understands that his own mind is finite and that only Islam can serve as the absolute criterion of Truth.

真正的大规模杀伤性武器，是那些不道德、不理性、具有破坏性、谬误的思想：它们看似令人信服，以至于人们接受它们为真理，珍视它们，并为之而战。在这种情况下，面对这样的“真理”保持怀疑，远比被视为一个“信徒”要好得多。

The true weapons of mass destruction are immoral, irrational, destructive, fallacious ideas that appear convincing to people such that they accept those ideas as the truth, cherish them, and fight for them. In this case, it is far better to be a skeptic in the face of such “truth” than to be counted as a “believer.”