14.4 穆斯林怀疑论者的使命是什么
14.4 What Is The Mission Of The Muslim Skeptic
简单地说,Muslim Skeptic希望传统伊斯兰——无论作为一种知识传统还是精神传统——在当今世界能够得到更认真的对待,无论是穆斯林还是非穆斯林。原因在于,许多穆斯林的信仰受到重大障碍的阻碍,例如自由主义、世俗主义、科学主义等等。许多非穆斯林同样受到这些障碍的阻挡,使他们无法接受伊斯兰,或者即便不能接受,也无法尊重先知穆罕默德ﷺ、《古兰经》和伊斯兰的道路。因此,让我们来消除这些障碍。作为穆斯林,我们理解先知穆罕默德ﷺ、《古兰经》和伊斯兰,明白它们显然超越了寻常之物,也超出了纯粹人类与自然可能性的范围。试想这样一种事物,其美丽、力量与令人敬畏的壮丽如此之盛,只要凝望它,人便知道它来自彼岸……它来自造物主。这正是我们对于我们的宗教所有,或者说应当拥有的那种着迷、惊叹与热爱的程度。那么问题就来了:为什么其他人看不到我们所看到的?为什么他们看到的是野蛮与粗鄙等等?原因有多种,但一个主要原因正是这些障碍。因此,让我们以最好的方式来解决这一问题。
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