Scientific Survey Islamic Ideology

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The present work is a collection of five pamphlets originally published separately in Persian and German by the Islamic Centre of Hamburg by the great teacher Martyr Ayatollah Dr. Muhammad Beheshti and Hojjatul-Islam Muhammad Mojtahed Shabestari, who at the time headed the Centre. The International Relations Department of the Islamic Propagation Organization (IPO) thinks these articles can be useful for Muslim and non-Muslims, and particularly those who are irreligious and have become entangled in a life of lust, emptiness and darkness. We publish this book in English with the hope that it can awaken a spark of light in the dark and dormant minds of the present generation. We hope this work can lead them to self-realization and exhort them to the path of human perfection. International Relations Department Islamic Propagation Organization Table of Contents Publisher's Note: 9 Chapter 1: Role of Faith in Human Life 13 Doubt and Hesitation 14 Where to Start From? 15 Period of Childhood 16 Faith Enjoyed By Mother, Father, Tutor, Teacher 17 Pillage of Doubt and Hesitation 19 Constructive Doubt 20 Again, the Role of Faith 20 Role Of Faith In The Progress Of Science And Industry 22 Organizational Faith 23 Academic Doubt And Practical Doubt 24 The Danger Of Being Without An Ideology 26 Role Of Faith In Social Endeavours 27 Faith, Constructive And Effective In Practice 28 Belief In Ideology Eliminates Indiscipline 29 And Now A Question 31 Knowledgeable Faith 31 Chapter 2: Faith in Which School Of Thought? 37 Reviewal of a Proposal 40 Subjective and Objective Impressions 43 A Simple Test 43 Where Does One's Objective Impression Originate From? 44 Unfelt Realities: Relation Of Casuation 47 Signs Of God 50 General Causation 51 Manifestation And Manifester 55 Coordinator among Creatures 56 Bilateral and Supplementary Coordination 58 Movement towards Infinite Perfection 62 Explicit Signs 64 Chapter 3: Survey - Material Interpretation of Religion 81 Religion and Human Societies 81 Domain of Religion 83 Now We Shall Study and Evaluate Each Of These Three Theories 90 Emergence of Islam 105 Conclusion Drawn From This Survey 108 Chapter 4: Prophethood 111 Introduction 111 Issue of Prophethood and Prophets 113 Prophethood And Human Life 118 Prophets and "World View" 119 Unity In Prophet's World View 124 Prophethood And Man's Social System 128 Prophetood And Human Natural Learning 131 Man In Search Of Reality And In Quest Of Human Welfare And Interests 139 Summation of Foregoing Discussions 140 Chapter 5: Man And Future 145 Why The Future Is Significant And Vital For Man? And Why This Is Tantamount To Everything For Him? 149 Man In Search Of Reality And In Quest Of Human Welfare And Interests 151 Man Quarrelsome In The Face Of Reality, And Selfish And Egoist In Action; And His Future 160 Resurrection of World and Man 163