This paper examined and addressed the issue of national development from Islamic perspectives. In doing this, it was considered necessary to adopt the methods of descriptive phenomenology and the two main approaches to phenomenology, descriptive and interpretive. The comparative phenomenology will give us the nature of the work. It was also deemed necessary to review and appraise the place of religion in national development. The efforts of the religious scholars in this regard were critically discussed. The study specifically established that national development is a primary responsibility of those in authority. It also established that the level of development of any society is very much dependent on the leadership’s will, vision, and determination, given the number of problems discussed and their relationship with those in powers.