Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds.

Peace and prayer be upon Muhammad and his generous and pure progeny. For every principle and belief or religion it has its own certain method in thinking, that leads to a set of concepts and thought which form that belief, principle and religion or of what is derived from them. Therefore, any deviation that may occur in the thinking process or to go far from the thought sources of that belief, will lead to farther and more deviated results than it.

Of course, this is the main reason behind all that we have seen of present- day deviated thoughts and culture which are not original and are in books, magazines, and newspapers; moreover, those which are being broadcasted by the media services. All that, first of all, happened due to the ignoring or carelessness of the writers and authors to Islamic Thought sources and its method and characteristics, as well as, the ways of its education.

So, thought is due, in its outcomes, to the first preceded premises which is called a thinking process, and as usual the outcome goes after even its worst premises. So, to rebuild the cultural and ideological situation, we should first understand Islamic Thought and probe deeply into its method of thinking. Also, we must thoroughly realize how to distinguish between the original Islamic Thought and the bogus one; whether it pretends to be in Islamic uniform or hides its factual identity in scientific, objective or neutral clothing and, so on.

Nowadays, we see that our nation is in a necessary need of the right Islamic thought which is deduced by the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet, and which is without any kind of defects or marvels in order to restore its Islamic glory on the basis of strong and original foundations, as well as, to build other, different aspects of its life according to Allah's Will. And, also, to establish its lofty civilization with the following blessed slogan; Neither East, Nor West. With regard to the constant method of the Al-Balagh Foundation in explaining the concepts of Islam and spreading the genuine knowledge among people, it is an honour to present this book about Islamic Thought studies and its general features.

We say our final invocation; Allah be praised, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the Worlds.

Al-Balagh Foundation