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Iqbal’s is the unique flowering of poetical, mystical and philosophical genius in recent Islamic history. What makes him truly modern and gives him a permanent places in the annals of modern history is his largely forgotten gospel of religious modernism, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam. Reconstruction makes Iqbal the most important intellectual of modernist Islam. His unique contribution in appropriating modern science and its methodological and philosophical premises in Islam has however not been duly appreciated. He has attempted to write a prolegomena to new kalam. Reconstruction is the boldest ever critique of traditional religious thought in the light of modern episteme. It is the most frantic and intellectually advanced attempt to reconcile the cognitive and epistemic universe of traditional Islam with that of modern scientific and philosophical thought. It attempts to reorient or restructure traditional hierarchy of power relations. One can safely assert that the Muslims have not realized the significance of this Iqbal who wrote Reconstruction. This book has either not been read or understood or reckoned with seriously by the Muslims. The significance of Iqbalian insights for modern Islam however can’t be overemphasized. If modern thought needs to be respectfully approached and if Islam is to appeal to modern sensibility, then Iqbal’s significance and relevance can’t be doubted and his contribution needs to be highlighted. This article is an attempt to point out importance of this ignored and forgotten treasure. Providing a consistent theory for modernist Muslim approach to science, Iqbal is undoubtedly worth reckoning for not only the student and historian of modern Islam but also for anyone interested in the field of philosophy of religion and modern science in general.

Dr. Muhammad Maruf Shah , Dr. Ibtasam Thakur. (2012) THE FORGOTTEN TREASURE OF IQBAL’S RECONSTRUCTION, Iqbal Review, Volume , Issue 1.
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