Doctrinal purposes in the regenerative vision of Muhammad Iqbal

Abstract

The intentional consideration has been more evident in our honourable scholars in the Shari’à and if the legitimate purposes is to preserve the dogmatic and legal rulings then doctrinal purposes are the guarantee to submit to dogma of faith and to preserve the mind and heart from being drawn into deceived by deviant philosophies and corrupt beliefs. According, it can be said that the doctrinal objectives, the creed is the core of all heavenly religions, and it is the origin on which the foundations of Shari’à based, and the books of Islamic heritage - especially theology- are replete with methods of argument and inference on validity of the Islamic belief, but it fell into fragmentation, faith issues are presented without their purposes and goals, so beliefs have fallen into lethargy and weakness. Within the framework of the renewal of Islamic thought, scholars who devoted their time have worked on monitoring the causes of stagnation in it, including the issue of belief. Thus, scholars have called for the importance of building a realistic, simple and easy belief that addresses instinct and reason so that doctrinal differences could be overcome. The aim of this research paper is to present the vision of the renovated thinker Muhammad Iqbal on the dimensions of faith through his book ‘The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam’ to reveal the proposal he presented, which has a social and political dimension to faith that could restore to Muslin the strength he lost when his faith weakened and lacked the purposeful glare. Keywords: Religion, doctrinal purposes, renovation, Muhammad Iqbal.