The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Prophetic Guidance for the Modern Age
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for man to begin his journey in a state of
enlightenment, so that he may receive the blessings
of both worlds.
Man has received many beneficial things from the
Prophet of Islam. The first of these is conviction. It
is the Prophet’s guidance alone which enables man
to begin his life with the full confidence of faith.
Man is certainly in need of such knowledge as may
guide him in his thoughts and actions. One
discipline we turn to in this connection is
philosophy. But philosophy itself admits that it has
yet to reach the ultimate reality, for it is still in the
questing stage. This being so, all that philosophy
can give man is scepticism. It cannot provide him
with a source of conviction.
Then comes science. But science has itself admitted
its inability to perform this service, having declared
in advance that its chosen subject of study was only
a part or the outward face of the knowledge of the
universe. Knowledge of the universe as a whole
was not to be an object of scientific research.
Obviously, science is too limited in scope to provide
man with the intellectual gift called conviction.
