Theological Foundations of Allamah Misbah's View about Religious Science

Delving into 'Allamah Misbah's lectures and written works, the present paper describes and analyzes such issues as the relationship between this world and hereafter, constant need for religion, all-comprehensiveness of Islam, and the aim and domain of religion as the theological foundations of his novel view on religious science. 'Allamah Misbah believes that man is essentially and constantly need of religion, and as the last divine religion, Islam is an eternal religion. An intra-religion study shows that religion is not intended to explain external realities and the descriptive issues of the very human and natural sciences are not essentially part of the religion, because the main mission of religion is showing the way of perfection- nearness to God- by demonstrating explaining the rules governing man's volitional acts. However, the special attention given to the aim and domain of religion shows that religion is present in all the fields of human life, including natural sciences and different branches of human sciences such as management, philosophy, politics, etc. Consequently, these sciences can be truly referred to as religious sciences.