Saleh Hassan Zadeh
Abstract
In the history of Islamic sciences, we come across with some subjects common between Islamic philosophy and the Quran, controversial among the men of intellect and interpretation. One of such subjects is that related to soul and spirit. There are three views among the Islamic thinkers regarding the truth ...
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In the history of Islamic sciences, we come across with some subjects common between Islamic philosophy and the Quran, controversial among the men of intellect and interpretation. One of such subjects is that related to soul and spirit. There are three views among the Islamic thinkers regarding the truth and creation of soul and spirit: 1. The immaterial spirit of man has been created before the body. This is approved by some narrations. 2. The immaterial spirit and the material body have been created simultaneously and the moment when the body of man has achieved the capacity of accepting the spirit, God has created the spirit in it. 3. The spirit of man comes into existence in the body and remains as a sprit. That is, the immaterial spirit of man has neither been created before his body not together with his body, rather the spirit is the manifestation of the appearance of a material body that comes into existence together with the appearance of the body and reaches its spiritual immateriality through essential development. In this article, we are going to discuss the different views given by the Quran and Islamic philosophy regarding the soul and spirit. To do this, first we will deal with different meanings of soul and spirit in the Quran and among the philosophers, and then we will have an analysis and a criticism of the given views.
Qodrat Allah Ghorbani
Abstract
The role of Islamic Philosophy and Philosophers in flourishing Islamic civilization is unavoidable, and the role of the Quran in forming Muslims’ intellectual and philosophical thought is of the most important questions and issues. It seems comprehensiveness of the Quran in introducing universal ...
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The role of Islamic Philosophy and Philosophers in flourishing Islamic civilization is unavoidable, and the role of the Quran in forming Muslims’ intellectual and philosophical thought is of the most important questions and issues. It seems comprehensiveness of the Quran in introducing universal teachings for setting the foundation of human’s real happiness gives the book the power to render and explain some philosophical teachings concerning theology, anthropology, ethics, politics and society which they have guided Muslim thinkers including preachers and philosophers. Hence, considering the philosophical system of the early Muslim philosophers, such as Farabi and Ibn Sina, provides ample evidence of the effects of the Quran on their philosophical system among which the most important ones are centrality of theistic ontology and special manifestations of epistemology. By paying special attention to universal virtues of the Quran and mentioning some of its philosophical teaching, the current paper aims to examine the effects of the Quran on such Islamic philosophers as Farabi and Ibn Sina in order to show the fact that Islamic philosophy, in spite of some its non-Islamic sources, has gotten its Islamic virtue only in the light of philosophical and intellectual teachings of the Quran.
