Al-Farabi and Said Nursi on the civilising mission of the prophets

Akhmetova, Elmira (2017) Al-Farabi and Said Nursi on the civilising mission of the prophets. Intellectual Discourse, 25 (Special Issue). pp. 453-475. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639

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Abstract

This paper studies the role of prophethood in building a civilisation with special reference to the writings of Al-Farabi and Said Nursi. In order to elucidate the thought of Al-Farabi, the ideas of Ibn Sina are consulted in some parts of the paper. The fi rst part of the paper defi nes the term “true civilisation” (or an “ideal state” according to Al-Farabi), its foundations and peculiarities from the viewpoints of these three Muslim scholars. I t suggests that, on one hand, a human being cannot achieve his main goal, i.e. felicity, without living in a society, and, on the other, his most fundamental need is the need for religion, revealed by the prophets. Therefore, these three scholars argued that the real civilisation, which can make its citizens happy, satisfi ed and equal without any exception, originates from divine laws. As paper fi nds, Said Nursi articulated that the mission of the prophets, besides establishing of the worship to One God, also includes bringing of economic and political justice, social stability, ethical enhancement and emotional inspiration to his society, which are the fundamental requirements for the building of strong civilisations but beyond the power of an ordinary man. Based on the ideas of the scholars, the paper concludes that, according to the Muslim scholars, the prophets sent by God were the best law-givers and founders of the most excellent civilisations.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7311/61035
Uncontrolled Keywords:	civilising mission of the prophets, Said Nursi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, true civilisation, happiness, Muslim philosophers, misi peradaban para nabi, Said Nursi, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, tamadun sejati, kebahagiaan, ahli falsafah Muslim
Subjects:	A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) > B720 Medieval B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics > BJ1518 Individual ethics. Character. Virtue B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics > BJ71 History and general works B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP165.5 Dogma (‘Aqa’id) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP166 Theology (Kalam) > BP166.4 Special schools, movement etc. B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP1 Islam > BP87 Islamic Literature. Islamic authors > BP88 Individual authors, A-Z
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of History & Civilization
Depositing User:	Dr Elmira Akhmetova
Date Deposited:	30 Dec 2017 12:03
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 09:59
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/61035

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