Abstract
Reason and revelation are amongst the concepts with which Islamic philosophy was
to wrestle throughout its history. The problem of the relationship between
revelation and reason is indeed one of the most famous and profound topics in the
history of human thought. The conflict between reason and revelation in Islam was
initiated by Mutazilites, arose in Iraq in the eighth century, about a century after
Prophet Muhammad (SAW)'s death (632).Their ethical theology insisted that God
was just in an objective sense as understood by man. Their theory of knowledge
supported confidently the powers of human intellect (aql). In Islamic theology
revelation that is revealed to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) is absolute and perfect by
all means which is not to be judged by human reason that is imperfect and
temporary. In Islamic way of life the prophet Muhammad (SAW) (570–632 CE) is
called the Seal of the Prophets. Discussion of this research is about the intellectual,
historical and descriptive facts about the protectors of reason and revelation
through argument from both sides. The first part defines terms of revelation and
reason. In second part there is history of emergence of reason in Islamic theology
and how it was countered by Muslim Jurists. The third part of the paper contains
discussion from Quranic facts about the status of reason in Islam. In the fourth part
there is description through verses of Holy Quran that what type of reasoning is
encouraged in Islam. Finally concluded by the findings and suggestions from Quran
that how reasoning should be used to explore not to judge the revelation.
