For
this reason when we wish to put down a basic or fundamental principle for our
thought then that is done by providing a comprehensive idea about the universe,
the human and the life where this is the reality that the senses can fall upon
and where it is comprehensive dealing with every matter. It is therefore
necessary to establish its reality first to know if it is Azaliy (eternal) or
if it is created by a creator. So in relation to this sensed reality of the
universe, the man and the life it is necessary to gain depth in it to know and
understand its circumstances, conditions and what relates to it. From here we
must return to all the information we have about it and the natural laws and
dynamics that accompany it.
This
reality is then judged and the information that we have at our disposal is
judged measuring them all by the collection of intellectual principles and
measures that are axioms (indisputable acknowledged facts). Therefore when we
discover that everything in it (the universe) is Mahdood (limited) and that
everything within it is Muhtaaj (needy), that all of it is subservient to a
system that regulates it, and when we know that every part from amongst its
parts submits to laws and contain properties that cannot be abandoned. When we
discover all of this within this reality along with the information that
explains it and we return back to the intellectual (rational) measures and principles
and indeed the most obvious rationalities which establish a single true
reality.
The
truth that behind every organised system there is an organiser and that
anything organised by a system is not capable of exiting from its regulation
and system. When we witness within this reality that the temperature of the sun
differs from the temperature of the atmospheres surrounding it and when we know
that there are many suns and that they also differ from the atmospheres
surrounding them. When we witness that it is a shining light that radiates its
heat and yet is unable to offset the heat or equalise with the atmospheres that
surround it. When we connect this reality to the intellectual rational
principles and measures we possess, they dictate that every hot entity loses
some of its heat gradually until it is equal to its surroundings. We therefore
judge with certainty (Yaqeen) that it must have a beginning point i.e. that it
is not Azaliy (eternal). This judgement is therefore an intellectual (rational)
judgement that is built upon the mind as it is built upon the intellectually
undisputed facts (axioms) and obvious facts.
When
we arrive to the understanding that it has a beginning point and that it is not
eternal then the mind necessitates that there is something that has brought it
into existence, provided it with this heat and made it subservient to systems
that regulate it. This then is the intellectual judgment that is built upon the
mind and it represents the first condition in regards to ascertaining whether
the comprehensive idea is a correct thought and that the Hukm (judgement)
applies upon the reality in a complete manner, and as such is a correct
thought. Example: Everything possessing heat continues to emit or radiate its
heat if the atmosphere around it is less than its temperature and it continues
to emit this heat until its temperature is equal to the atmosphere surrounding
it and this is like a cup of tea. So if we were to pour tea into a mug (cup)
and the temperature of the tea was 90 degrees, it would begin to radiate its
heat, which it would lose gradually until it reaches the temperature of the
place which is surrounding it. If we entered a room in which there was a cup of
tea that was still hot, we would be able to calculate the time from when it had
been poured.
However
after its temperature had become equal to its surroundings then we would be
unable to specify a time period for how long it had been there. However we
would be able to say that it had stood there for a long period since the time
that it was poured. The above relates to the loss of temperature and there is
another measure that is related to radiation when substances lose structuring
due to emission or radiation and it can transform into another element (or state)
due to the loss of this radiation. So for example uranium changes into lead after
its radiation has taken place and based upon this the structure of the lead is
calculated differently from the element of uranium due to the radiation.
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