Title: Belief in Unseen Question: Islam teaches us to believe in God, angels, Life Hereafter, etc. But we can’t see them nor do we have a clear understanding of them. Then how can we justify that what we believe in is the truth and not just blind faith! Taha Baig Answer: It is correct that Islam requires us to believe in an 'unseen' God and the, yet inexperienced, Day of Judgment. However, it would not be correct that Islam wants us to ascribe to these beliefs without any bases. On the contrary, the Qur'an provides detailed arguments for ascribing to these beliefs. Belief in the 'Unseen' does not necessarily imply belief in the unauthenticated. It only implies belief in something, which, even though it can be authenticated by strong logical arguments, cannot be brought within the scope of our sense of sight. Man believes in a number of things, which he has not seen with his eyes. Most of the cherished scientific discoveries of man belong to this category. Man discovered atom through scientific inferences, not through observation. Man discovered the force of gravity through logical deductions without ever having seen it. Each of these concepts belong mostly to the category of 'believing the 'unseen'. God is one of the most apparent realities of this existence. However, for the purposes of the test during the life of this world, God has decided to keep Himself 'unseen' by man. During this test, man is required to 'discover', believe and maintain the desired relationship with his Creator, without seeing Him. Our belief in God (and other basic Islamic beliefs) is 'justified' on the basis of the same kind of inferential arguments on the basis of which we believe in a number of other things, which we have never seen physically, yet we acknowledge them as 'scientific realities'. I hope this helps. Moiz Amjad October 24, 2001