them, no matter how many arguments from science or philosophy you present, their faith remains unshaken.

This is exactly how we have been taught to hold firm to our beliefs. We are not to invent our own beliefs or follow personal opinions.

*    Our faith must be based on what the Quran has taught us.

*    Our faith must align with what is mentioned in hadith.

*    Our faith must follow the teachings of the Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم, the saints of Allah, Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, Dātā ꜤAlī Hujwayrī, and Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān.

After accepting these beliefs, we close our eyes to any doubts.

If something does not make sense to us, the fault is in our intellect. If something is beyond our understanding, the fault is in our limited perception. The Quran of our Lord is true! The words of His Messenger       صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are true! We believe in them without question!

An amazing story

Abū ꜤUbayd رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ was a Companion of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Once, he invited the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم for a meal and prepared goat meat.

As the meal began, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said:

نَاوِلْنِیْ ذِرَاعَہَا

Give me its foreleg (front leg).

Abū ꜤUbayd presented a foreleg to him, as the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم loved to eat from this.

After some time, the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم again said: