The fundamental problems of a world view are the same...

The fundamental problems of a world view are the same threefold questions for which the awakened consciousness innate to man seeks definite and convincing answers.

It is not without reason that Islamic scholars have called them the “principles of religion” ( uṣūl al-dīn ): theology answers the question: “What is the beginning?”; the study of the resurrection answers the question of “What is the end?”; the study of revelation and prophecy answers the questions of “What is the way, and who is the guide?” It goes without saying that the correct and definite solution to these questions depend on philosophical and rational ideas.

In this way, we are led by another route to the importance and necessity of the problems of philosophy, and prior to all of them, those of epistemology and ontology. The Mystery of Humanity There is a third way to come to appreciate the importance and necessity of philosophy which can motivate those who are of extraordinary aspiration…