Faith Vs Reason? What the Qur’an Actually Says

About this lecture

In this lecture, Sheikh Yasir Qadhi explores one of Islamic theology's most profound questions: how do we reconcile the Quran's 100+ commands to use the intellect with Islam's fundamental call to submit without question? Drawing on definitions of *aql* from Al-Muhasibi, Imam Al-Ghazali, and Ibn Taymiyyah, the lecture categorizes all Quranic verses on thinking into four groups — from using reason to arrive at faith, to the highest level of *tadabbur* over divine revelation — demonstrating that faith and reason are not in conflict, but operate in complementary domains.