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When Western Historians Recognize Humanity’s Natural Disposition Toward Monotheism, Why Do Many Deny It?

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Analysis Named sources Context piece
  • The article presents the Islamic view that humans were created with an innate disposition toward monotheism.
  • It says people gradually departed from that disposition and some eventually fell into polytheism.
  • The article cites researcher Addison Huybel’s criticism of the idea that monotheism emerged only through civilizational progress.

Humans were created with an innate belief in monotheism, according to Dr. Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi, secretary-general of the World Union of Muslim Scholars. Over time, he says, people gradually deviated from that original disposition, with some eventually turning to polytheism.

The article presents this view as consistent with the Quran, the Sunnah, human nature and sound reason supported by reliable evidence. It also highlights what it describes as similar conclusions reached by archaeologists and religion researchers from the West and elsewhere.

One example concerns the study of religion among primitive societies. Researcher Addison Huybel is cited as saying that the assumption that early humans were incapable of conceiving a holy or supreme God has been abandoned.

Huybel also argued that Tylor was mistaken to regard monotheistic religious thought as the product of advancing civilization and increasing human knowledge. The article uses that argument to support its broader claim that belief in one God is not simply a late achievement of human intellectual development.

This is the truth beyond doubt.

· Ali Muhammad al-SallabiThe scholar described the claim that humans are created with an innate disposition toward monotheism.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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