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Spiritual_Roadmap_by_Ghazali, page : 46
The second group, the Naturalists, are a body of philosophers who research the world of nature and
the
marvels of animals and plants and have spent great efforts in dissecting the organs of animals.
They see
there enough of the wonders of Allah‟s creation and the inventions of His Wisdom to
compel them to
acknowledge a wise Creator Who is aware of the aims and purposes of things. No one can make a
careful
study of anatomy and the wonderful uses of the members and organs without realizing
the obvious
knowledge that there is a perfection and order in the animal frame and especially that of man.
Yet these philosophers take the view that the makeup has great influence in constituting the powers
of
animals. They hold that even the intellectual power in man is dependent on that makeup, so that as
the
makeup is corrupted, intellect also is corrupted and ceases to exist. Then when a thing ceases to
exist, it is
unthinkable in their opinion that the non-existent should return to existence. So they think that
the
marvels of animals and plants and have spent great efforts in dissecting the organs of animals.
They see
there enough of the wonders of Allah‟s creation and the inventions of His Wisdom to
compel them to
acknowledge a wise Creator Who is aware of the aims and purposes of things. No one can make a
careful
study of anatomy and the wonderful uses of the members and organs without realizing
the obvious
knowledge that there is a perfection and order in the animal frame and especially that of man.
Yet these philosophers take the view that the makeup has great influence in constituting the powers
of
animals. They hold that even the intellectual power in man is dependent on that makeup, so that as
the
makeup is corrupted, intellect also is corrupted and ceases to exist. Then when a thing ceases to
exist, it is
unthinkable in their opinion that the non-existent should return to existence. So they think that