• Saima Mohiuddin Trumboo

Modernity and religion are absolutely two approaches of life. Both are based on separate philosophies. The one is known for its positivist, secular, non-spiritual, amoral and mechanical view of the world and the other for its supreme, moral, absolute and teleological world view. Both the attitudes are the fruits of the knowledge unusual to them. Golden sciences or modernity is based on knowledge which is devoid of meaning and purpose. It is value free or value neutral, given to the Big Bang theory of creation and behind evolution as it is. The religion promotes a technical world view; believe on the Superior, revelation by God to his prophets. Its knowledge is meaningful and eloquent. The commanding defense in the struggle for existence both for modernity and religion is knowledge. Human reason cannot arrive at ultimate truth without the aid of Revelation. Both can prove better when they are together. Revelation bestows a sense of purpose and direction to the knowledge assimilated by man with his own surveillance and intelligence. However, nowadays weightage is given to modernity by the west, as they do not believe on unseen and revelation as a source of religion. Some Muslim intellectuals are ready to accept modernity but not all that it has in its cup. There are great debates among Muslim intellectuals, theologians and jurists as to what to accept from modernity and what not, even though some are not willing to accept it altogether. We can understand the reasons for this when we understand modernity and its roots.

Islam, Modernity Philosophy, Mechanical, Teleological, Divine Revelation.

"Root philosophies of Islam and Modernity: A Comparative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.525-529, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903N68.pdf

"Root philosophies of Islam and Modernity: A Comparative Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp525-529, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903N68.pdf