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• Dedication to Dr. Azimuddin Ahmad
• Preface
• I: A Decisive Discourse On the Delineation of the Relation Between Religion and Philosophy*
• Ia.: Appendix. On the Problem of Eternal Knowledge, Which Averroes Has Mentioned In His Decisive Discourse.
• II: An Exposition of the Methods of Arguments Concerning the Beliefs of the Faith, and a Determination of Uncertain Doubts and Misleading Innovations In Interpretations.†
• Of the Unity of God
• On Divine Attributes
• Of Divine Perfection
• Of Direction
• Of the Actions of God

PREFACE

It was as a Fellow of the Seminar for the Comparative Study of Religions at the College, Baroda, that the present work was begun. The subject was taken up in the first place as a parallel study to that contained in a paper in the Indian Philosophical Review, Volume II, July 1918, pp. 24-32 entitled “Maimonides and the Attainment of Religious Truth.” But as I proceeded with my investigation I thought it might be best to let Averroes speak for himself. For this reason I have here translated certain treatises of Averroes, as edited in the Arabic text by D. H. Muller in “Philosophie und Theologie von Averroes.” Munich 1859. I am confident that the book will prove an interesting one and will explain itself to the reader without any introduction on my part.

Though owing to my appointment at Hyderabad I resigned my position at Baroda soon after commencing this work I wish here to express my thanks to Professor Alban G. Widgery of Baroda for his constant sympathy with and encouragement for my work in and out of the Seminar. He has also kindly accepted the book for inclusion in the Gaekwad Studies in Religion and Philosophy. I am indebted to him for a complete revision of the manuscript and for the onerous work of seeing the book through the press. I am also indebted to my brother Mutazid Wali ur Rehman, b.a. for valuable help in rendering many obscure passages.