Religion
idea · 3 works · 6 mentions · 7 anchored passages
religion · الدين · True religion · dīn · following the religion · the revealed religion · the upholding of religion · theology and metaphysics · اقامة الديانة · الدين المشروع
in the texts
Adab al-wazīr
Dīn, the revealed religion, set out as the foundation of kingship, the vizier's leader, the surest defensive force, and the source of reverence in hearts.
Know, O vizier, that you are in direct charge of administering a kingship that has a foundation — which is the revealed religion — and an order — which is the truth that is to be followed.
he diverts himself with of jest, a keeping guard over his religion and a safeguarding of his manly honour (murūʼah);
it is the foundation of religion and the upright support of the truth.
Law in a Free State
A yearning for the unknowable and acknowledgment of the limits of human knowledge, contrasted with theology and metaphysics.
True religion is a yearning for the unknowable, an acknowledgment with humility of the impossibility of ever solving the wonderful riddle of existence, upon which theology and metaphysics have alike expended their mighty forces and failed utterly.
Religion would possibly suffice, if the majority could be firmly convinced that their temporal comfort was a thing of little moment.
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
The role of religious promises of repentance and eternal happiness in easing a condemned criminal's fear of death.
Religion then presents itself to the mind of this lawless villain, and promising him almost a certainty of eternal happiness upon the easy terms of repentance, contributes much to lessen the horror of the last scene of the tragedy.