Moris, Megawati (2024) An insight to Islamic philosophy and the Islamisation of philosophy. IIUM Today, NA (NA). p. 1.
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Abstract
Philosophy in the Islamic intellectual tradition is referred to both as falsafah and ḥikmah. The former term is the Arabisation of the Greek term philosophia meaning “love of wisdom” and the latter is the term taken from the Qur’ān to signify a Divine gift of abundant good, and wisdom derived from al-kitāb (the Book) and the prophets. Yet Muslims treat philosophy with suspicion and caution even when the Qur’ānic term hikmah (wisdom) refers to it. What are the reasons for this fear of a science (‘ilm) or discipline which exalts the use of the intellect (al-‘aql) or intelligence as exhorted in the Qur’ān? The primary reason put forward for this phenomenon is that Greek philosophy had influenced Islamic philosophy and that there were Greek ideas and teachings which Muslim philosophers injected into their own thoughts while still maintaining their Islamic perspective. The past Muslim scholars both from the disciplines of kalam and tasawwuf appreciated and accommodated — in varying degrees — the philosophical thoughts of their Greek predecessors.
| Item Type: | Article (Electronic Media) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Greek philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamisation of philosophy |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc > BP190.5 Islamization of Knowledge |
| 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 Communication |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Megawati Moris |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2026 09:55 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2026 09:55 |
| Queue Number: | 2026-01-Q1701 |
| URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/126905 |
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