Nusrat, Zubaida and Abdul Rahim, Adibah (2025) An Islamic approach to poetics: the role of Muslim philosophers in offering an alternative literary theory. International Journal of Islamic Thought (IJIT), 27. pp. 193-201. ISSN 2232-1314 E-ISSN 2289-6023
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Abstract
Little is known about the contributions made by the Muslim literary philosophers of the medieval age since their ideas on poetics have not been well documented. Al-Farabi and Ibn-Sina, offered an explanation of reasoning to reconcile poetry with the corpus of consistent ideas regarding truths as revealed in the Quran. Ibn Rushd compared poetry to a logical organ of philosophy, claiming that its distinctive characteristics enable the communication of truth and draw the creative mind nearer to God. Despite their extensive theoretical resources in poetry, the literary philosophies of these thinkers are largely unknown to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In addition, there are some amounts of confusion and ambivalence about the distinctiveness of their literary theories and has much misunderstanding regarding the importance of faith and logic, as revealed in their exposition of poetic language, imagination, syllogism, nature of the subject, aesthetics and moral validity. Therefore, this paper sheds light on the tradition of poetics in both pre-Islamic Arab culture and medieval Arabic-Islamic period, discusses the reasons for the acceptance of Aristotle’s Poetics within the Muslim community and explores the distinctive aspects of the leading Muslim philosophers’ literary theories that make them more advanced, and dynamic compared to the Greeks.
| Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Faith, Islamic approach, literary theories, Muslim philosophers, poetics. |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
| Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Dr Adibah Abdul Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2025 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2025 15:00 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/121518 |
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