Description Details: Islam Answers Atheism [A5 ] Hardback -392 pages, by Shaykh Asrar Rashid, by Rigel Publishing. Now available Back in stock – April 2021 Islam Answers Atheism – Description This unique work is a result of multiple engagements and debates in universities, mosques, private gatherings and elsewhere. The author, Asrar Rashid, takes on the more difficult questions taking us through a labrynth of Kalām, philosophy, logic, epistemology, science, the Qurʾān, Ḥadīth and Sharīʿa. The book covers in depth the proof for God, His divine attributes, the problem of evil, freewill and divine knowledge, the most difficult philosophical and scientific objections against Islam, as well as objections to Sharīʿa law, the Qurʾān’s historical preservation, the historicity of the Ḥadīth, slavery, Jihād, women’s rights and a host of other complex issues. This book is a must for all who are learning about Islam, Muslims and non-Muslims, apologists and detractors. Reviews Stars = 5 Excellently written and brilliantly dismantles the sophistry, chutzpah not to mention the absurdity of the modern day atheist using rational arguments and Ash’ari theology. Easily accessible chapters make it a great work readily on hand to answer the critics of Islam on the oft-quoted so called ‘objections’ parroted today e.g. jihad, slavery, women in Islam, concept of evil and God etc. May God reward the author and publishing team immensely. Table of contents Chapter One – Islam & Atheism How can Islam answer Atheism The Prime Importance of Kalam The Categories of Belief Degrees of Proof Blind Conformity The Intuitive Mind of the Pious Predessors [salaf] The Mind & the Intelect Religious Hypocrisy Salvation through Kalam The Emergence of Dispute The Mu’tazila The Modern Era Fifteen Atheistic Fallacies Chapter Two – Epistemology The Meaning & Importance of Epistemology Does Knowledge itself need defining? Judgements Empirical Judgements Rational Judgements Categorisation of Empirical & Rational Judgements Certainty & Types of Proofs Proofs that impart Certainty Disputation based on Famous Assumption or Fallacies Oratory based on Accepted Names Poetic Licence Sophistry Love is a Fallacy The Importance of Common Sense / Method of Signification Anglo-European Philosophy & its Epistemology Chapter Three – God’s Effect Cause & Effect The Sceptical Fetters of David Hume Russell’s Teapot Reasoning from Effect to Cause that God certainly Exists Seven Principles The Summary of Proof for these Seven Principles The Proof by way of Tallying or Application Cantor’s Set Theory Circular Reasoning & Continuous Regression What the Cause of the Universe entails A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence Krauss Afterthoughts & Various Considerations Ockham’s Razor The Principle of Sufficient Reason The Fallacy of Composition A Caused Universe & the Casual Principle The Anthropic Principle & the Teleological Argument God of the Gaps Alien of the Gaps The Names & Attributes of Allah Chapter Four – On Evil, Theodicy & Philosophical Sundries The Problem of Evil & Suffering What Stephen Fry said The Connections of the Attributes of God The Boulder Question Satan’s Tricky Question Divine Knowledge The Necessary & the Essential On Human Freewill The Legally Responsible Unbelievers The Outward Muslim & the Outward Kafir Divine Will & Human Freewill The Meaning of ‘God Willing’ The Meaning of ‘God guides / misguides whom He wills’ Prophetic Reports on Freewill Sin & Freewill The Danger of Religious Arrogance Why does God need our Worship? The Purpose of Human Life The Man who worshipped for Five Hundred Years A Thought Experiment Why does God burn the Unbelievers in Hell for Eternity? The Punishment in Hell Euthyphro’s Dilemma The Drowning Man God’s Law An Imperfect World What is the Wisdom of God creating Evil? Chapter Five – Islam & Science The Clash of Modern Science The Subject of Science Miracles The Metaphysical Domain The Buraq The Splitting of the Moon Claims of Scientific Error in the Qur’an The Qur’an is not a Book of Science Claims of Scientific Error in Prophetic Reports Forgeries & Islam Eschatology in Islam The Illusion of Scientific Dogmatism Paradigm Shifts in Scientific Theories Evolution / Intelligent Design & Islam Chapter Six – The Qur’an, Hadith & Shari’a Islam The Preservation of the Qur’an The Preservation of Hadith & Sunna Classification of Hadith Shari’a Law Jihad Slavery Corporal Punishment Capital Punishment for Apostates Homosexuality & Islam The Marriage of Lady ‘A’isha Polygamy The Hijab Woman like a Rib Hadith Maidens for Men, what about Women? Women & Inheritance Laws Blood Money of a Woman [diya] Divorce Laws Wife Beating Woman’s Intellect & Leadership Notes & References Glossary Bibliography Other books you may be interested in Bahar e Shariat Questions and Answers by Sunni Scholars Seekers Path
