Page 15 - Islam and Karma

Introduction

Alif Lam Ra. This is a Book We have sent down to you so that you
can bring mankind from the darkness to the light, by the permis-
sion of their Lord, to the Path of the Almighty, the Praiseworthy.
(Surah Ibrahim: 1)
In this book we shall deal both with those aspects of the belief in
karma that concern good ethical practices that accord with the teach-
ings of the Qur’an, and with those erroneous aspects that accord nei-
ther with the Qu’ran, nor with human reason and nor with human
conscience.

We should remember, however, that the belief in karma, in the
perverted form in which we have it with the inclusion of the concept
of reincarnation, is one that is not supported by any evidence whatso-
ever and that it is not contained in any divinely revealed book; it is ap-
parently a philosophy consisting merely of ideas that people have for-
mulated. A philosophy of this kind could easily be put together by any
person. In fact, an ordinary person could formulate several of these

philosophies. Moreover, one would not need to possess any knowl-
edge or spend any time in order to do this; a short time would be quite
enough to formulate a whole philosophical system of "beliefs unsup-
ported by evidence”. That is because belief in karma does not make
claims to any basis in rationality.
Would it make sense to attempt to implement the rules of an irra-
tional philosophy that lacks proper evidence to support it? In this
book, using evidence to support our arguments, we will attempt
to show how illogical it is to believe in karma or to try to live in

accordance with it or with any other similar
philosophy.

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