What we are proposing here is merely one set of possibilities...

What we are proposing here is merely one set of possibilities, not a final and definite solution. We need more open debate and thoughtful and sincere participation in the process of serious questioning, and a more concerted effort in finding answers. First, let us look at religion. Religion is among the oldest human institutions. Life in the absence of religious belief and resignation to a higher order is devoid of meaning.

Whether they want it or not, humans have a sense of the infinite supernatural deep in their beings and grasp this from the depths of their souls. Humans are creatures that can understand the essence and secret of being and that is why they want to uncover the nature of being-witness how many secrets have been uncovered by human efforts so far. But existence is so complex that as soon as one question is answered, many more appear soon after.

Humans knowingly live in a sea of mysteries and curiosity about being, dazzled by existence and all its complexity and intricacy. Religion is the most stable, firm, and sincere answer to people's awe before, existence. I believe that while there is a human race there will by awe, and while there is awe the place.

of religion in the life and mind of humans is more secure than any other institution or phenomenon, for religion empowers the incomplete but curious human mind to grasp the all ­knowing creator. There is no one who deep in his or her heart can deny the existence of the infinite and the transcendent. But people are affected, by nihilism, ignorant of the transcendent reality , ­which is as harmful as the other extreme, which is thinking of transient and changing phenomena as eternal and static.

Much of the catastrophes in history have originated from these two mistakes. A Godless life, especially without the monotheistic religions and the God of Muslim mysticism or ‘Irfan-which is different from the God of the superstitious or even the God of philosophers-is dark and narrow. This is a God that is at the peak of nobility and grandeur.

With all their limitations and inability, humans can make direct contact with this God and establish a sincere emotional and linguistic relationship with it. In an anxiety-ridden world replete with uncertainty, humans can get in touch with the center of being and draw advice and direction from this source. This is a God that is magnificent and majestic. Humans are in love with it but also reverent toward it.