Return to Religion

one coming back to religion, it having been a generation that “had all the freedom and all the choice.” The rootlessness of much of that freedom brought so many intellectuals back to religion. This state of affairs has emerged among all peoples. Presently, there is also a new return towards religion among Muslims. However, this return is unrelated to any so-called ‘epochbuilding thinker’ or ‘saint’ with a ‘special connection’ with God. It is entirely an embodiment of a changing era. It is for this reason that this happens uniformly in every community. It can be observed in all religious communities. In this regard, there is no difference between them at all. The cause of this new situation is the despair of the ‘modern’ man that has emerged in recent decades. The 20th century was a century of rationalism and science. ‘Modern’ man came to believe that through his reason and science, he could obtain everything people had earlier hoped they could get through religion. But ‘modern’ man’s hopes were not fulfilled. His rationalism only took him to uncertainty, and his science became the black clouds of atomic war, global warming, and Covid 19 that began circling over his head. Because people’s ‘secular gods’ had failed, they began to look at the ‘traditional’ religious concepts more closely. In this way, the present scenario has opened a new possibility for us. It has presented us with a new and favourable field for reaching out to people with the message of self-surrender to the One God. This was the message that all the Prophets of God taught. This is the message of the Quran, which has been preserved intact, free from any alteration.