The Islamic Worldview (Concept of Tawhed) and Secular Worldview (original) (raw)

Introduction: A correct understanding of the fundamental elements in the Islamic worldview vision is a pre-requisite for the development of Islamic understanding. This assignment begins by putting forward a conceptual understanding of these fundamental elements which include the nature of man, the universe and the concept of din. The assignment argues that due to differences in the Islamic worldview vision to those of western or secular worldview, with the methodological framework in Islamic scholarship, the development of Islamic world thought differs. While internal logic, coherence and consistency are necessary conditions for scientific exposition, Islamic worldview should be evaluated within its own framework and using its own criteria. Within acceptable parameters determined by revelation, this assignment also argues that varying opinions in worldview are possible and probable. When Muslim scholars speak of Islamic worldview, to the contemporary secular scholars, some basic ideas and concepts may seem contradictory or at the least, meaningless. The very idea that a religion can determine Islamic worldview ideas would be dismissed as incoherent and emotional by the majority of contemporary western seculars. Naturally the positive impact of Worldview is to: 1. Helps us to know peoples and their cultures. 2. Helps us to interact with nature, individuals, nations, cultures and civilizations. 3. Helps us to correct our own values, perspectives, attitudes and behaviors. 4. Helps us to formulate theories of politics, sociology, culture, etc.