The Breeze of Dusk with the Scent of Musk

Chapter 25: The Secret of Combining the Two Antitheses

In the Rainbow City in the Silk Province in the Star Kingdom, Mohammad Azzumurrud, the Arab and Muslim Koran memorizer, is still sharing his knowledge with his twenty Chinese friends (Yueliang Jian, Taiyang Jian, Junjie Song, Liling Heng, Mei Shun, Ji Biming, An Bo, Chang Dequan, Cong Fai, Jiang Qi, Wen Yu, Zhong Ming, Guotin Chuanli, Baozhai Aiguo, Chyou Bolin, Daiyu Chaoxiang, Fen Huizhong, Ju Jianyu, Nuo Park and Shu Qianfan) in regular knowledge sharing sessions held at the Merlin School. After Mohammad explained Islam in detail to his friends, he called his non-Muslim Chinese friends to convert to Islam in this beautiful conversation:

Mohammad: Huang, Xiuying, Dingbang, Liling and Mei have already embraced Islam. Dear Ji, An, Chang, Cong, Jiang, Wen, Zhong, Guotin, Baozhai, Chyou, Daiyu, Fen, Ju, Nuo and Shu, please convert to Islam immediately so that you will be safe in the Hereafter on the Day of Judgment. Please convert to Islam immediately so that you are salvaged from Hellfire and become eligible to enter Paradise. If you embrace Islam, we will be together in Paradise in the Hereafter on the Day of Judgment, Allah willing. If you reject Islam after the message of Islam has been conveyed to you sufficiently, Allah will punish you in Hellfire in the Hereafter on the Day of Judgment. If you reject Islam, I fear for you the torment of a mighty Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

Chyou: Thank you, Mohammad, for everything that you taught us, for your great concern for us and for being very caring and considerate. Islam looks the perfect religion for me. However, can you provide us with further evidence that Islam is the only true religion so that we embrace Islam with full certainty and know for sure that our choice of Islam cannot but be the correct choice.

Mohammad: Thank you, Chyou, for your lovely words that I appreciate much. Of course, I will provide you with strong evidence and arguments to corroborate Islam and its absolute truthfulness. The first argument I will present is The Argument of the Strong Correlation between Islam and True Logic. This argument demonstrates that Islam chimes with true logic and that true logic supports Islam. The term 'true logic' is significant here to distinguish it from 'false logic' that is based on incorrect premises and/or incorrect conclusions.

The Argument of the Strong Correlation between Islam and True Logic

Islam or particularly the Islamic faith is harmonious with true logic and they are strongly correlated. This correlation strongly suggests and indicates that Islam is the only true religion because it originated from Allah, the One and Only True God, who sets the rules of universe, true logic and the true religion. A religion that contradicts true logic is obviously false. A religion that chimes with false logic is apparently false as well. Only the true religion chimes with true logic and they reinforce one another. To explain this argument, let us begin with this logical proof that is called The Proof of the Oneness of Truth and the Multiplicity of Falsehood. This proof shows that logic corroborates Islam and stands with it against false religions and philosophies.

The candid, pure, wise and rational mind does not accept contradictions and knows by instinct that any contradiction represents a conflict between truth and falsehood. The Arabic poet said:

أقبح ما يأتي من المحال

إثبات ضدين معاً في حال

"Confirming two contradictory statements together in one state (or at the same time); is the ugliest form of the impossible."

Malik Bin Anas, one of the prominent Muslim scholars, once said: "The Truth cannot but be one. Two contradictory statements can be all true?! The Truth and the correct statement cannot but be one." [AB-15].