The Ultimate Purpose Of Religious Life Is

It Cannot Be Denied That Islam, Regarded As An Ethical Ideal Plus A Certain Kind Of Polity - By Which Expression I Mean A Social Structure Regulated By A Legal System And Animated By A Specific Ethical Ideal - Has Been The Chief Formative Factor In The Life-history Of The Muslims Of India. It Has Furnished Those Basic Emotions And Loyalties Which Gradually Unify Scattered Individuals And Groups, And Finally Transform Them Into A Well-defined People, Possessing A Moral Consciousness Of Their Own.

If Faith Is Lost, There Is No Security And There Is No Life For Him Who Does Not Adhere To Religion.

It May, However, Be Said That The Level Of Experience To Which Concepts Are Inapplicable Cannot Yield Any Knowledge Of A Universal Character, For Concepts Alone Are Capable Of Being Socialized.

Nations Are Born In The Hearts Of Poets, They Prosper And Die In The Hands Of Politicians.

Indeed, In View Of Its Function, Religion Stands In Greater Need Of A Rational Foundation Of Its Ultimate Principles Than Even The Dogmas Of Science.