scholarly journals An Examination of al Imam al Alusi’s Contributions to Selected Theological Issues in His Tafsir

FIKRAH ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Saheed Badmus Suraju
Keyword(s):  
Basic Principles ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Magnum Opus ◽  
Theological Differences ◽  
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Theology as a branch of </span><span lang="IN">knowledge </span><span lang="EN-US">in Islamic studies</span><span lang="IN">,</span><span lang="IN">it’</span><span lang="EN-US">s still a debate among Muslims</span><span lang="IN">.</span><span lang="IN">E</span><span lang="EN-US">specially in contemporary times. This article provides a resume of al-Imam al-Alusi's contribution, as commentator, to the theological discussions in his Magnum Opus: Ruhul-Maani. To achieve this, this paper examines his views on several theological issues selected in his attempt to interpret the verses of the Qur'an with the main aim of discovering the quality and suitability of his arguments and their conformity with the basic principles and sources of Islam. This paper aims to share information about its stance and provide clarification if needed. The findings reveal that al-Imam al-Alusi's theological discussion includes the views of the major Islamic sects; Sunnis, Shi'ites, Mu'tazilites, Ash'arites, among others and brought their own opinions. It is also established that theological differences arise from philosophical thought in defense of individual sects. It was also revealed that the divergence did not affect the fundamentals of Islamic theology.</span></p>

Haji Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī (d. 1878),

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Fena
Keyword(s):  
Important Work ◽  
Philosophical Thought ◽  
Mulla Sadra ◽  
Magnum Opus

Ḥājj Mullā Hādī Sabzawārī (1212/1797 or 1798–1289/1873), was one of the major followers and commentators of Mullā Ṣadrā’s transcendent philosophy. Sabzawārī’s profound understanding of the transcendent philosophy and his skill in teaching and commenting upon it was such that after Mullā Ṣadrā himself, Sabzawārī is generally considered to have played one of the most important roles in the development and propagation of this school. The most important work of Sabzawārī is the Ghurar al-farāʾid and his own commentary upon it is a relatively systematic summary of introduction to Mullā Ṣadrā’s magnum opus, the Asfār. The chapter introduces and analyzes the major principles and foundations of Sabzawārī’s philosophical thought, including the three fundamental principles of the ontology of the transcendent philosophy: the primacy of existence (aṣālat al-wujūd), the unity of the reality of existence (waḥdat ḥaqīqat al-wujūd), and gradation in the levels of being (tashkīk al-wujūd).

scholarly journals AKTUALISASI FALSAFAH KALAM DALAM KONTEKS KEKINIAN

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Kholil
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Social Harmony ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Religious Doctrine ◽  
Good Deeds

<p>Islamic theology, as one cluster of Islamic knowledge is a product of thought in certain cultural social environment. Therefore, everything related to it is no longer appropriate today. The knowledge gives so it can solve life's problems that start to threaten human existence, practice, good deeds, a substantive meaning to the religious doctrine and social harmony. The knowledge such as Islamic knowledge, philosophy, and theology must have been oriented to humanity problems. They are already completed with natural phenomena, social and cultures which have been always develop. We hope that Islamic studies won't miss actuality which has been released from humanity dimensions.</p>

scholarly journals TANTANGAN PENGEMBANGAN ILMU-ILMU USHULUDDIN MENYONSONG PERUBAHAN IAIN AR-RANIRY MENJADI UIN

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Academic Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Academic Communities ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Important Position ◽  
Theology Faculty

<p>Theology faculty as the vessel of developing basic Islamic studies that has an important position among the other faculties. The experience of changing institution to be university shown that theology faculty “desert” of applicants. Therefore, readiness and progress of Islamic Theology faculty under the State Islamic University (UIN) of course determine the future history of Islamic Theology.This struggle would be faced with all the seriousness of the academic community. Establishing the Faculty of Islamic Theology in the new form to be a demand. On the other hand, the academic communities of Islamic Theology Faculty are required to initiate a new paradigm in the world of work.</p>

scholarly journals THEOLOGICAL DEBATES ON ASH‘ARIYYA TENETS

ALQALAM ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Entol Zaenal Muttaqin
Keyword(s):  
Free Will ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
General Explanation

There are some differences in defining Islamic theology since the era of prophet Muhammad. Some of them emerged from political aspects, and some of them are not. The two prominent ideologies in Islamic theology are Ash’ariyya derived from Sunni, and Mu’tazilla from Syi’a. One of significant scholars in 19 century, Nawawi al-bantani, wrote many books in wide Islamic studies, one of them is Fath al-Magid in theology. Many scholars wrote and designated themselves to a particular group. In contrary, although Nawawi al-Bantani confessed himself as Sunni scholar, yet in some of his writing including Fath al-Magid, he opposed Ash’ariyya and defended Mu’tazila. To some extent, this manner will come up into a unique scholarship tradition for some scholars, indeed, this research aimed to investigate this behavior in final words this paper concluded that Nawawi distanced himself from Ash’ari when he stated that God’s essence and His attributes are inseparable and thereby preserve the oneness of God. He adopted both Ash’ari’s concept, that the Qur’an is not created (ghayr makhluq and it is qadim) and Mu’tazila’s concept, that the Qur’an is created (makhluq and it is hadith). According to Nawawi, the Qur’an is created when it refers to the text and the sound, but uncreated when it refers to the underlying meaning of each verse, even if this contradicts the concept of free will that Nawawi adopted. For his last explanation, pertaining to the concept of prophecy, ru’ya and shafa’a, Nawawi provided a very general explanation, neglecting to elaborate on some important issues relating to the concept of prophecy. it is obvious that Fath al-Magid, with its different interpretation of Ash’ari’s work, meant it was similar to other Sunni theological works that aimed to modify Ash’ari’s original doctrine.

Islamic Law and Theology

2015 ◽  
pp. 104-132
Author(s):  
Rumee Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Law ◽  
The Political ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
The Relationship

Whereas Islamic law and Islamic theology are usually discussed separately, this article examines the relationship between the two in Islamic Studies scholarship. After defining the terms “law” and “theology,” this article offers three historiographical approaches to the subject, namely: “Orientalist,” “Revisionist,” and “Pragmatist”, each reflecting assumptions about the function of Islamic law in Muslim communities. Orientalists are skeptical of Islamic religious texts, and argue that Islamic law and theology are unconnected, static sciences that have little to offer modern Muslims. Revisionists re-read Islamic sources to suggest that Islamic law was once a theological enterprise that devolved into legalism, but that it can be revived by returning to theology. Pragmatists, using subaltern and feminist lenses, argue that Islamic law and theology are interconnected and evolving sciences that perpetually animate Muslim discourse. The article concludes by discussing the political import of this topic, and suggesting avenues for further research.

scholarly journals The Closing of the Muslim Mind

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
Frank Griffel
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
Harsh Criticism ◽  
Academic Study

This book looks like a serious academic study in Islamic theology. Itis divided into nine chapters that build on an overall argument andhas a great number of endnotes, quoting Muslim sources and literaturepro-duced in the field of Islamic studies. The book’s author workswith-in Washington’s circle of government institutions and thinktanks. His book comes with a foreword and no fewer than tenendorsements by colleagues of Reilly, which praise his erudition,insight, and abil-ity to analyze and explain the Muslim mind. Iwonder whether they were all aware that the book they endorsed is, in fact, a Catholic refutationof Ashʿarite Muslim theology, the leading branch of Sunni theology.However, Reilly exempts Shiite theology from his harsh criticism ...

scholarly journals Sibawayhi

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Rebecca B. Molloy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Short Account ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Religious Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
Technical Terms ◽  
Complex Subject

London and New York: I.B. Tauris and Oxford University Press India, inassociation with the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, 2004. 159 pages.In the “Foreword,” Michael Carter states that his book is aimed at the generalreader who is interested in the history of Arabic grammar and, in particular,in the achievement of Sibawayhi, the discipline’s architect and originator. This much-needed and long-awaited effort is a welcome addition to thefield of Arabic grammatical theory, for it contextualizes Sibawayhi’s grammaticalideas, as set forth in his Al-Kitab, by giving a short account of hisbackground and life (p. vii). The reader, whether advanced or novice, willappreciate how accessible the material has been made. To be sure, reducingSibawayhi’s complex and profound observations to 145 pages runs the riskof making it even harder to understand. But the author avoids such pitfallswith ease and grace. In fact, a knowledge of Arabic is not essential; but, asthe author says, “given the nature of the topic it will certainly be useful” (p.vii). All examples are transliterated and translated, and technical terms andbasic concepts are explained as often as possible.Despite the complex subject matter, Carter does a brilliant job describingthe Kitab’s place within the Arabo-Islamic system and the historical contextin which it was written. It is useful to spend some time on Sibawayhi’slife, even though little is actually known about it, and so chapter 1, “Sibawayhithe Person,” explores his importance through portraits in biographiesas well as from the contents of his own work. It has been convincinglyargued that the earliest form of Sibawayhi’s name (Amr ibn `Uthman Sibawayhi)is probably authentic (p. 9). That Sibawayhi was by origin a Persianwho ended up in Basra seems to be beyond contention, although neither thedate nor the place of his birth can be confirmed. All biographies agree thathe came to Basra to study religious law, either Hadith (traditions of theProphet) or basic principles of fiqh (jurisprudence), which were just beginningto take form. The details of his death are just as vague as those of hisbirth and personal history. Carter presents his readers with a short account ofthis problem, with which even the classical biographers had to wrestle (seepp. 15-16) ...

scholarly journals Principles of Interpretations and its Schools & Methods in Sub-Continent, Analytical Study of the Literary Work Regarding their Representatives.

ĪQĀN ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Dr. Ubaid Ur Rahman ◽  
Dr. Hamid Hammad
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Actual Meaning ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Right ◽  
Guide Lines

The Quranic sciences of interpretations and principles of interpretations were originated in the epoch of holy prophet (saw) but compilation of both were started later. This is called principles of interpretations, which is the basic and important part of Islamic studies. Islamic scholars, commentators and explicators explained the holy Quran in the light of principles of interpretations. These are such basic principles those are guide lines for them so they will not deviate or drop the right way while interpreting and explaining the holy verses. These principles are laid down and followed by them so that they may find the will of Allah and actual meaning of holy Quran. A little difference in principles causes a huge difference in interpretation. Different methodology in principles resulted in many schools of thought. This article focusses on examining these schools of thought found in sub-continent and introduce their main books. This article deals with chronological evolution of said knowledge i.e. principles of interpretations, and Quranic sciences specially originated by the famous principalities and interpreters of sub-continent.

scholarly journals Islamic Studies and Teaching Islam Studying and teaching Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Methods and approaches (In Persian)

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 426-441
Author(s):  
Ali Asgari Yazdi
Keyword(s):  
Practical Experience ◽  
University Education ◽  
State University ◽  
Islamic Republic ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Islamic Republic Of Iran ◽  
The University ◽  
Moscow State University

The article reflects the results of the international meeting “Theology and Islamic Studies in Russia and Iran: history, methods, educational  approach.” The meeting took place in the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian academy on the 8th of May 2018. The Meeting Committee received a substantial grant from the Culture Section of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Russia. At the meeting took part over 20 scholars from various research and educational bodies of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Among them were scholars from the University of Teheran, the al-Mustafa International University, Moscow State University, St Petersburg State University, Bashkortostan State University in Ufa, the Daghestan Institute of Hunmanities, The Moscow State University of Foreign Languages, the Pyatigorsk State University, and the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. In the article Prof. Yazdi outlines the recent trends in teaching Islamic theology and Islamic studies in the University of Teheran. The outstanding results gained by the scholars of this University in the field of Islamic education has attracted a vivid interest of their Russian colleagues. The teaching of Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran runs in the four main directions:1. Teaching of Islam in the traditional framework combined with rational sciences and philosophy.2. Islamic studies and Islamic theology as a separate teaching module in the leading Universities of Iran.3. Islamic studies are combined with teaching of exact sciences as in the Imam Sadiq University (Tehran), the Motahhari University (Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province) and the Imam Reza University (Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province).4. Islamic studies constitute an integral part of University education in Iran.The teaching of Islam in the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on the Islamic tradition, philosophy and rational sciences. Therefore, the theology is considered as one of the aspects of the rational teaching. This is the basis of the Iranian moderate Islam. The author shares his practical experience of teaching Islam and Islamic sciences of many years.

scholarly journals Issues in Methodology of Islamic Thought

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-372
Author(s):  
IIIT - Cairo Office
Keyword(s):  
September 11 ◽  
Scientific Methodology ◽  
International Institute ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Islamic Theology ◽  
Ibn Khaldun ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
The University

During the period from Safar 9-12, 1410 H. / September 11-14,1989 A.D.,a seminar on the "Issues in Methodology of Islamic Thought" was held atAmir AM al Qadir University of Islamic Studies (Qusantinah, Algeria). Theseminar was organized by the university in conjunction with the InternationalInstitute of Islamic Thought (Washington, D.C.). A group of professors andstudents of both sexes from Amir Abd al Qadir University, as well as fromthe Central University, participated in the seminar activities. The openingsession was attended by representatives from Qusantinah Province, the NationalLiberation Front, the Municipal Council, and the Religious Committee.Speeches were delivered by Dr. 'Ammar al Talibi, the University Presidentand Chairman of the seminar; Dr. Gamal El-Din Attia, Academic Advisorof the International Institute of Islamic Thought and convenor of theseminar; and by Dr. Muhammad 'AM al Hadi Abu Ridah representing theguests of the seminar.The seminar included seven panels where twenty-one research papers,prepared for the seminar, were presented and discussed. These research paperscovered the following topics:1- Inference Methodology in the Qur'an: A Response to the Opponentsof Faith, by Dr. Ahmad 'Atwah.2- The Elements of Scientific Methodology in the Qur'an andal Sunnah, by Dr. Ghawi 'Inayah.3 - Muslim Methodology in Islamic Theology, by Dr. FawqiyahHusayn.4 - The Methodology of Ideology in the Light of ContemporaryScientific Advances, by Dr. Muhammad Abd al Sattar Nassar.5- An Overview of the Methodology of Recording History, byDr. 'Abd al Halim 'Uways.6- The Methodology of the Principles of Jurisprudence, by Dr.Abd al Hamid Madkur.7- The Crises of Methodology in Modem Ideological Studies,by Dr. Muhammad Kamal al Din Imam.8- The Scientific Methodology and Spirit of Ibn Khaldun andIts Relation to Islam, by Dr. 'Imad al Din Khalil ...

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