Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1131) | Pragmatism
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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.