The religion which is a necessity for human beings survival has been a
victim of many calamities the result of which is evident today whereby
several man-made and distorted divine religions exist amongst us. The
reason behind all this is an incorrect or incomplete understanding of
the purpose of religion. Man has adapted religion to meet several
objectives but most of them are not even near to the purpose for which
religion was sent for mankind.
Man has to take over this struggle to find the correct religion which
can accomplish the purpose of life-giving his salvation in the hereafter
and privileged life in both worlds. But in order to do so, he has to the
first step of understanding the philosophy of Religion. What is Religion
meant for? For whom is Religion? What role does religion play in the life
of a human being and what are those goals which religion wants man to
achieve? These are some of the questions which are aimed to be
addressed in this book by the title “Philosophy of Religion”. The
author Syed Jawad Naqvi’s exemplary knowledge in the field of
philosophy of Islamic recognition glued with his elegant and simplistic
style of presenting complicated facts in a lucid manner makes him the
best in the subcontinent. We have done the translation of this topic in
English for the English reading mass to also gain from the knowledge
and deep conceptual information possessed by the author.
This book is just aimed to broaden the vision of man and specifically
those who respect religion and try to be religious but are not
acquainted or unaware of the true religion because they have not yet
approached religion from the philosophical dimension. This book God
willing will assist the readers to start the journey of recognition of
religion.
Syed A . V Rizvi