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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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Pragmatism.

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The pragmatic school of thought.

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It is the American utilitarian philosophy.

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Which was advocated by,

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And founded by three philosophers,

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Who followed one another:

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Charles Peirce,

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William James,

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And John Dewey.

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Its inception was in the year eighteen hundred

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And seventy AD.

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It is a school of thought that measures all things

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By their immediate utility.

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Thus, there is no fixed truth

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According to the pragmatists;

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Rather, truth to them

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Is whatever yields a benefit.

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They acknowledge nothing except

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Practical experience.

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The pragmatists themselves have differed

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In their view of religion,

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Even though they are united by a perspective

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That is, in reality, atheistic.

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Some of them reject it

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Entirely,

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Arguing that Allah cannot be subjected

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To practical experimentation,

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Nor can He be observed or sensed,

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And they believe only

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In what is observable and tangible.

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Others see no

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Obstacle to religion,

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But only on the basis that it is a belief

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Created by man without

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Any proof, as they claim,

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To provide himself with comfort.

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They see no harm in this,

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As long as it achieves a benefit

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For the soul and brings it peace.

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This is the practical justification

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For religion in their view,

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Which they consider to be pluralistic,

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Depending on what each individual believes,

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Rather than a single,

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Fixed truth.

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[The truth] lies in the oneness of Allah, the Exalted,

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The Creator and Sustainer of the universe,

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Who guides mankind

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To the straight path.

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This is evidenced by revelation, reason,

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And innate disposition (fitrah).

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It requires submitting

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One's face to Allah, the Exalted,

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Seeking His pleasure, Glorified be He,

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And attaining success in this world and the Hereafter.

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As Allah, the Exalted, says:

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"Indeed, the religion

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In the sight of Allah is Islam."

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And He, the Exalted, says:

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"And whoever seeks

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A religion other than Islam,

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Never will it be accepted from him,

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And he, in the Hereafter, will be among

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The losers."

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A summary of the concepts of

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The Ahl al-Sunnah.