What is Knowledge?

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate In this episode, a. the “living tafsir” of Q 2:185 b. the definition of quranic cognition c. the development of the character quotient d. the “People of the Quran” e. the spiritual maxim of gratitude f. commentary on the hadīt ...  عرض المزيد

﷽ The “Tree of Taqwā” was birthed from the pollen of a beautiful flower, taken from another lofty tree. The Tree of Tawhīd. أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ Do you not see how God sets forth parables? A good word is like a good tree whose root is firm and whose branch ...  عرض المزيد

Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it? 

What is the status of those who seek knowledge? Why is seeking knowledge an important aspect of faith?

Part 1 of a new short series where I am commenting on Karl Popper's lecture "On the sources of knowledge and of ignorance". This paper sets the scene for the link between objective knowledge and fallibilism - refuting, as it does so, the empiricism of the classic British traditio ...  عرض المزيد

Sari Nusseibeh's book Avicenna's Al-Shifā': Oriental Philosophy (Routledge, 2018) deals with the philosophy of Ibn Sina - Avicenna as he was known in the Latin West- a Persian Muslim who lived in the eleventh century, considered one of the most important figures in the history of ...  عرض المزيد