Unawareness of the Modern Age

action to counter modern philosophy that is today attacking Islam. Hence, I think it is appropriate that a book about modern philosophy should be prepared, and this can easily be done by requesting a Muslim who has received a good education in modern philosophy and English [to write this book]. He can scan the anti-Islamic issues of modern philosophy, translate them into Urdu, and present them to the Nadwatul Ulama. The Nadwatul Ulama can write a reply to them and introduce this in the [madrasa] syllabus, and students can study this during their holidays or in their free time. Around a century has passed since this suggestion was made, but it has yet to become a reality. In this period, the Nadwatul Ulama claims to have made significant progress, but, surprisingly, this book suggested by Maulana Shah Muhammad Husain around a hundred years ago remains absent from its curriculum. Ten years before the Partition of India, Maulana Abul Ala Maududi wrote a book titled, Tajdid-o-Ihya-e-Din (The Renewal and Revival of Islam). Surveying the failure of Islamic movements, from that of Shah Waliullah to that led by Shah Ismail in the early 19th century, he contended: