Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 303
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 303 types of objections are the higher institutions of learning, one of the purposes of this College is that the objections raised against religion on the basis of diverse subjects of education should be refuted through the very same subjects. The Professors of this college should charge themselves, among other things, with the duty of repelling the objections raised against Islam on the basis of their particular subjects through those very subjects. Thus while the Professors in other institutions tend to strengthen such objec- tions the aim of our Professors would be that they should refute such objections effectively. In the course of his address he illustrated the relationship between science and religion in great detail and pointed out that while science was still in an elementary stage of evolu- tion and its theories and principles were under constant review and were subject to correction and modification, the fundamentals of religion and its basic verities were constant and were not subject to modification. He pointed out that though there was a certain type of evolution in the detailed teachings and commandments of religion, this did not in- volve any contradiction or reversal of religious verities. The whole address constituted a most illuminating discourse on the relationship between science, learning and religion, which is well worth the study and attention of all those who are interested in the cause and purpose of education. He concluded with the supplication: May Allah, the Exalted, cause our good expectations to be fulfilled and may the seed that we are sowing here today grow up into a splendid tree, every branch of which may be a grand University and every leaf of which may be a College. May every flower of it become a high grade foundation for the propagation of Islam and religion through which disbelief and heresy may be wiped out, and the hearts of the people may be filled with the truth of Islam and Ahmadiyyat and with the conviction of the existence of God Almighty and His Unity. Amen. On the partition of the country in 1947 the Talimul Islam College was confronted with a series of crises in the midst of a very difficult national situation, but by the grace and mercy