A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
Pragmatism.
The pragmatic school of thought.
It is the American utilitarian philosophy.
Which was advocated by,
And founded by three philosophers,
Who followed one another:
Charles Peirce,
William James,
And John Dewey.
Its inception was in the year eighteen hundred
And seventy AD.
It is a school of thought that measures all things
By their immediate utility.
Thus, there is no fixed truth
According to the pragmatists;
Rather, truth to them
Is whatever yields a benefit.
They acknowledge nothing except
Practical experience.
The pragmatists themselves have differed
In their view of religion,
Even though they are united by a perspective
That is, in reality, atheistic.
Some of them reject it
Entirely,
Arguing that Allah cannot be subjected
To practical experimentation,
Nor can He be observed or sensed,
And they believe only
In what is observable and tangible.
Others see no
Obstacle to religion,
But only on the basis that it is a belief
Created by man without
Any proof, as they claim,
To provide himself with comfort.
They see no harm in this,
As long as it achieves a benefit
For the soul and brings it peace.
This is the practical justification
For religion in their view,
Which they consider to be pluralistic,
Depending on what each individual believes,
Rather than a single,
Fixed truth.
[The truth] lies in the oneness of Allah, the Exalted,
The Creator and Sustainer of the universe,
Who guides mankind
To the straight path.
This is evidenced by revelation, reason,
And innate disposition (fitrah).
It requires submitting
One's face to Allah, the Exalted,
Seeking His pleasure, Glorified be He,
And attaining success in this world and the Hereafter.
As Allah, the Exalted, says:
"Indeed, the religion
In the sight of Allah is Islam."
And He, the Exalted, says:
"And whoever seeks
A religion other than Islam,
Never will it be accepted from him,
And he, in the Hereafter, will be among
The losers."
A summary of the concepts of
The Ahl al-Sunnah.