| The Dec 2005 issue
of Renaissance
marked the completion of fifteen years of its publication. Taking this to be
an opportune moment, we have devoted this issue of the journal to present a
comprehensive list of the content published during this period.
Ever since the
journal was launched in Jan 1991, its mission has been to contribute to the
intellectual revival of the Muslims. In our opinion, this revival cannot be
achieved unless the ailment of intellectual stagnation so rampant among
Muslim scholars is done away with. By this stagnation is meant an absence of
research and original thinking on religious issues. It is only this approach
which is harmonious with one of our primary responsibilities: the quest for
truth.
The strategy we
have adopted to achieve our mission is to publish, promote and patronize the
work of scholars who have taken up this daunting task of carrying out
original research within the ambit of the Qur’an and
Sunnah, the two primary sources of Islam. Even though there is a paucity of
these scholars, it is our utmost desire to bring them into limelight and
communicate far and wide their intellectual endeavour.
We consider our
endeavour to be a humble service to the cause of truth, and would count
ourselves successful even if we are not able to achieve this objective –
for, to us, success lies not in achieving the goal but in sincerely striving
to achieve it.
Fifteen years ago,
we had embarked upon this voyage with the motto:
Stand upright,
speak thy thoughts, declare
The truth thou
hast that all my share,
Be bold, proclaim
it every where,
They only live who
dare
Today, once again,
the team of Renaissance
renews its pledge to the above motto, and continues its voyage for the quest
for truth with new resolve and vigour. God be with us all. (Amen) |