Continuing from our previous videos, the third source of knowledge is certainty through experience. Practical experience is the principal means of perfecting knowledge. Islam provides mankind with knowledge, that when experienced practically reforms those who act upon it truthfully. Therefore, true knowledge is that which emerges from the mind and regulates and trains all the limbs and faculties of man, when it manifests in practice. The knowledge gained from such instruction provides the foundations for practice, and later experience. Once practiced, the experience creates certainty in its wisdom.
Find out more about this lesson in the book The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam.
The author of this landmark exposition, the Promised Messiah and Imam Mahdi, His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was the reformer of the latter days, who came to unite mankind and revitalise the true teachings of Islam. He is the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He wrote more than 80 books and delivered hundreds of lectures throughout his lifetime that sought to spread the true message of a peaceful Islam.
The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam explains the wisdom and principles of various facets of spirituality and how they impact our lives. The book explores the physical, moral and spiritual states of man; proofs of the existence of God; the state of man after death; sources of Divine knowledge; and provides an excellent introduction to the study of Islam.
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