The innate recognition of God; its reality and indication to the existence of God

Roohullah Musawi

Summary
In this article, we have tried to shed light on all important aspects of the innate recognition of God. After dealing with the subject historically, and looking into its evolution over ages, we study it from the viewpoint of religious texts and discuss the cognitive value of this kind of knowledge and different works by Muslim and western scholars on the existence of God, beside the objections aroused against them. According to the findings of this article, Western reports on the demonstration of nature suffer from some cognitive problems that Muslim thinkers have dealt with, studied them thoroughly, and then, offered studies without them. Thus, one can keep to nature as a way to knowing God and proving His existence.

Religious texts emphasized on nativism of religion, especially nativism of monotheism, where some traditions (hadiths) suggest that if religion had not been innate, and the covenant had not been made between God and man (in the world of spirits), no one would ever know his Lord. However, nature is one of common topics that are concerned in studying of different branches of Humanities and Islamic sciences like Qur’an interpretation, theology, psychology, pedagogy, and sociology. Anyhow, the relation between the theory of nature and anthropology has a big impact on humanities. In this article, we try to shed light on the various dimensions of this important topic as possible as required in this article.

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