When Science Pretends to Be Blind

Science has its limits. But it never stops claiming that truth must be rational. It seems unaware that rationality itself has boundaries. Like a child whose reasoning is less developed than an adult’s, science fails to grasp dangers that only maturity can recognize. A child may understand that candy is sweet, or that rain makes clothes wet — but not much beyond that.

So, has science truly matured in its rationality, to the point that it challenges truths beyond its own reach? This is where science pretends to be blind — blind to truths it cannot observe within its own framework.

There are many consistencies between scientific findings and the Qur'an. Yet most scientists refuse to accept Islam, as if saying: the Qur'an’s claims remain unverified — especially about heaven and hell. They’re like children trying to understand how protons, neutrons, and electrons create the sweetness of candy. A limited rationality that refuses to acknowledge its own limits.

Religion is a truth that lies beyond the scope of scientific rationality. As Al-Ghazali said, “What you cannot understand today is not because it’s irrational, but because your intellect has not yet reached that level.”

Before religion, we are nothing more than children who know candy is sweet — but not why sweetness must exist at all. Reality doesn’t always reveal its essence, and religion strives to show it — even though we often reject it.

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