This anthology tries to argue for a third possibility - that all religions are right, not in their dogmatic exclusivism

Islamic rationalism got its impetus mainly from the teachings of the Quran and the behaviour of the Prophet. This book is divided into four parts with an epilogue. In the first part the history of the development of the idea of rationalism has been traced. Part second deals with Waliullah" system in three chapters. The third part deals with the main principles in The Philosophical Framework. An Epilogue comprises the conclusions drawn from the assessment of rationalistic thought

Of all the relationships extant in human affairs the most important and intimate is that between a husband and wife. Obviously casual and informal sexual relations between any man and woman are possible. But all humanity regards such a relationship as the height of aberration like any other sexual aberration. Whatever experience has been gone through by humanity through the ages in this respect no better form in such relationship has been evolved than a formal more or less permanent arrangement i.e. marriage

In modern philosophy, the word perception typically designates physical sensation

This book is a classic account of how the history of Islam and its relations with the West have shaped Islamic society today