#islamic philosophy

[noosphe-re]

Is Natural Science finally committed to materialism? There is no doubt that the theories of science constitute trustworthy knowledge, because they are verifiable and enable us to predict and control the events of Nature. But we must not forget that what is called science is not a single systematic view of Reality. It is a mass of sectional views of Reality - fragments of a total experience which do not seem to fit together. Natural Science deals with matter, with life, and with mind; but the moment you ask the question how matter, life, and mind are mutually related, you begin to see the sectional character of the various sciences that deal with them and the inability of these sciences, taken singly, to furnish a complete answer to your question. In fact, the various natural sciences are like so many vultures falling on the dead body of Nature, and each running away with a piece of its flesh. Nature as the subject of science is a highly artificial affair, and this artificiality is the result of that selective process to which science must subject her in the interests of precision. The moment you put the subject of science in the total of human experience it begins to disclose a different character.

Muhammad Iqbal, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

#quote #Muhammad Iqbal #Iqbal #Allama Iqbal #science #nature #reality #scientism #Islam #Islamic philosophy #religion #natural sciences #natural science #theology #holism #integration #materialism #philosophy

[mythoughttherapy]

“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn't matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come.”

—Jelaluddin Rumi

#Rumi #islam #islamic poetry #islamic philosophy #quotes

[islamiceconomicsproject]

Reflections from Al-Ghazali

Reflections from Al-Ghazali Excerpts from A Treasury of Ghazali Published by Kube Publishing and Distributed in Pakistan by Institute of Policy Studies Press Seek Felicity The otherworldly felicity we are concerned with is subsistence without end, pleasure without toil, happiness without sadness, richness without impoverishment, perfection without blemish and glory without humiliation. In…

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#Ghazali #Inspirational Quotes #Islamic Mysticism #Islamic Philosophy #Islamic Theology #Motivational Quotes #Quotes from Ghazali #Reflections from Ghazali #Sufi Islam

[oasesofwisdom]

Ibn Sina's cosmological argument changed #theology and #philosophy forever. Few thinkers since have been as creative and ahead of their time than the #persian polymath and physician.  

#stoic #islam #islamic philosophy #theology #god #religion #ibn sina #persian history #islamic golden age #science #middle east #aristotle #plato #school of life

[islamic-methodologies-made-easy]

#Islam #Islamic Philosophy #Islamic Thinker #Mustafa Mahmoud

[suhyla]

You are your values. The moment you become disconnected from your values, you become disconnected with your sense of self. Your values are what guide the decisions you make, the words you choose to speak, and are what ensure you are not reacting to your circumstances but actively responding.

Ramadan is the month we are all encouraged to practice taqwa, or mindfulness of Allah. When you internalize that Allah is always with you, that He sees each decision you make and all the thoughts that culminate in your decisions, your actions cease to be about you. They transcend your circumstances. They become tied to Allah’s pleasure.

That is when you free yourself from your circumstances.

You see, it’s easy to be kind when others are being kind to you. It’s easy to smile when you’re with friends and it’s easy to help someone who helps you. But to smile even as others bring you pain? To forgive those who once hurt you? To not respond to someone else’s anger with anger? That takes another level of strength. Strength that only comes when you are mindful of Allah’s nearness to you, and know that He sees your efforts to be kind, your choice to smile, your decision to forgive, even as your heart aches.

And you become happier for it. Because Allah is eternal. Your decision to act in accordance with your values is rooted in the knowledge that every thought, action, and intention is witnessed and appreciated by Al-Shakur, the Appreciative. And even if others do not appreciate your intentions, do not acknowledge your efforts, or if your actions are misunderstood, you know Allah sees. And that is enough.

Your sense of self is beautified by your values, so choose your values carefully. Your integrity comes from your ability to stick to your values, so always measure your progress by questioning if your actions are aligned with what you believe and who you choose to be. You will falter at times and that’s okay. The more dedicated you are to returning to your values, the more you will grow from the process of accountability. And the more power you gain over yourself.

Beautify your self with beautiful values 🌸

— instagram

#islam #deen #islamic reminders #love #poetry #words #writer #muslim writers #writers on tumblr #philosophy #quotes

[farinalvr]

Welcome to farina’s archive

some of my interests atm

- classic literature

- art

-philosophy

- manifestation

- Well-being

-law of attraction (obvs 😜)

-anime (one piecee ) + kdrama

- UFC, F1,K1 (sporty gyal)

#law of assumption #tryna build a community of smth #manifestation #islam #i’m just a girl #philosophy #law of attraction #one piece #coquette #mutuals? #motivation #classic #literature #vintage #vinyl records #girlblogging #girl support girl #positivity #ufc #kickboxing #formula 1 #carlos sainz #formula one #thewizardliz #persphonesmind.

[loneberry]

From The Tawasin by Mansur al-Hallaj

[Excerpt from the "The Ta-Sin of the Point" section.]

8. I am absorbed in the sea of the depths of eternity and he who reaches the circle of Truth is occupied on the shore of the sea of knowledge with his own knowledge. He is absent from my vision.

9. I saw a certain bird from the selves of the Sufis which flew with the two wings of Sufism. He denied my glory as he persisted in his flight.

10. He asked me about purity and I said to him: Cut your wings with the shears of annihilation. If not you cannot follow me.

11. He said to me: I fly with my wings to my Beloved. I said to him: Alas for thee! Because there is naught like Him, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. So then he fell into the sea of understanding and was drowned.

12. One can represent the ocean of understanding thus:

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart

I saw: Who are You? He said: You!

But for You, where cannot have a place

And there is no where when it concerns You.

The mind has no image of your existence in time

Which would permit the mind to know where you are.

You are the one who encompasses every where

Up to the point of no-where

So where are you?

.

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[Read The Tawasin (كتاب الطواسين) here.]

#al-hallaj #The Tawasin #كتاب الطواسين #literature #philosophy #metaphysics #islam #islamic mysticism #sufism #Mansur al-Hallaj #water #oceanic feeling #mysticism #theology

[eyeoftheheart]

“Treat this world as I do, like a wayfarer; like a horseman who stops in the shade of a tree for a time, and then moves on.”

~ Sayings of the Prophet (from Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah)

#Sayings of the Prophet #Caravan of Dreams by Idries Shah #Sufi Gnosis #Sufi Philosophy #Prophet Muhammad #Islam #The Path of the Mystic #Awakening #Enlightenment

[mydutyistoobserve]

#loki #god #christianity #judaism #islam #buddhism #wicca #religion #norse paganism #faith #philosophy #science #poll #polls

[revertsister]

About Me - The Occult, Philosophy & Islam

Some of you who read this might know me under the name of "Judith Mageia" on tumblr/wordpress or "Abramelin" on Amino, which are the names under which I used to write about the occult - topics such as "solomonic" magic, various grimoire manuscripts, the Greek Magical Papyri, Agrippa and more.

If you have known any of my previous posts, it might shock you to learn that I have left the occult behind completely and reverted to Islam.

Leaving the Occult

A few months ago I deleted all of my blogs and even discord account in order to get away from the internet. It made me focus on my worship - back then as a neoplatonic polytheist - and look within myself.

Through the recommendation of someone, I started to read the Quran and research Islam during the last Ramadan - while I also tried to fast during that Ramadan.

I found multiple truths I had already found through other means (mainly philosophy and reason) reflected and confirmed by the Quran - such as the divinity of the soul, the Oneness of God and the importance of ritual purity for prayer to name a few.

It wasn't long after this, that I accepted Islam officially. And with that, I have left the occult completely behind. No magic, no rituals, no targeted communication with spirits.

And my life is all the better for it, Alhamdulillah.

Philosophy

Having studied Christian theology at college, I am also well-read on Greek philosophers. Especially Plato and Plotinus had helped me tremendously on my path through the occult towards Islam. This does not mean that I put philosophy over Quran and Sunnah, on the contrary - it helped me become convinced of Islam by establishing certain truths before I even got in contact with the religion. Plotinus for instance helped me become convinced of the Oneness of God prior to having read anything about Islam.

So in my future posts, you might see some philosophers being mentioned. Again, this is not to put philosophy over Quran and Sunnah, rather to highlight universal truths.

"And We have certainly left of it a sign as clear evidence for a people who use reason." (29:35)

"We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness? Unquestionably, they are in doubt about the meeting with their Lord. Unquestionably He is, of all things, encompassing." (41:53-54)

#judith mageia #occult #witchcraft #pagan #islam #revert #holy quran #quran kareem #muslim #new muslim #philosophy

[noosphe-re]

In trying to express the nature of intellectual knowledge, Muslim scholars commonly cite mathematical understanding as an example, and they consider true mathematical insight as a halfway house on the road to intellectual vision. A real knowledge of mathematics does not derive from rote learning or rational argumentation, but rather from the discovery of the logic and clarity of mathematics in one’s own self-awareness. When one perceives the truth of a mathematical statement, one cannot deny it, because it is self-evident to the intelligence.

William Chittick, “The Recovery of Human Nature”, Transdisciplinarity in Science and Religion No. 4 (2008), pp. 281-93

#quote #philosophy #Sufism #Sufi #Islam #Islamic philosophy #Chittick #William Chittick #knowledge #intellect #math #mathematics #learning #ignorance #self-awareness #religion #science #theology #intelligence #human being #human nature #psychology

[hadesoftheladies]

i am 100% convinced that majority of humanity don’t have any fucking clue about half of accessible human history. men and women will talk about better days in medieval Europe where maidens frolicked and knights rode out to conquer whatever the fuck, they’ll talk about prairie houses, and the noble fight of world war 2 allied soldiers, but not the mass rape the soldiers committed in multiple places, not the fact that their grandmothers were maritally raped repeatedly by their grandfathers in the 60s and 70s, not the fact that Mesopotamian men and ancient near eastern kingdoms got to rape legally and freely

if we looked at any popular, advanced, noble or faddy or aesthetic historical time in any global region, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Victorian Era, the Egyptian Dynasties, the Roman Empire . . . close your eyes and throw a dart on the map and see where it lands . . . and we looked at it from the women’s pov, you’d realize how utterly depraved men have been throughout history, the true horrors of those times, the large scale inhumanity, and maybe you’ll shut the fuck up about inherent sinful nature or come to the stark realization that the most vile monsters that have ever walked this planet were ordinary men, fathers, heroes, brothers, husbands, preachers, philosophers, scientists, artists . . . the nice guys and fighting-the-good-fighters, the abolitionists

look at any point of history from the women’s point of view i dare you

and see how that history is alive and well in the society you live in

and let’s see how comfortable you are about it all then

#radfem #radblr #feminism #history #science #sociology #philosophy #religion #christianity #islam

[islamiceconomicsproject]

Rational Response to Unobservable Claims

Rational Response to Unobservable Claims

Salman Ahmed Shaikh Scientists who do not believe in God know that science can neither prove nor disprove God. But, they try to demean the importance of existential questions with casual remarks. Prof. Richard Dawkins once said that God’s existence cannot be disproved just like it cannot be disproved that a flying horse exists or fairies live beneath the garden. First of all, it does not come…

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#Atheism #Existence of God #Faith in God #God Delusion #Ilm-ul-Kalam #Islamic Philosophy #Islamic Rationality #Lawrence Krauss #Meaning of Life #New Atheism #Rationality #Religion #Richard Dawkins #Science #Science and Religion #Universe from Nothing

[your-heart-is-a-treasure]

The world looks stagnant yet it is moving; it looks promising yet it is deceiving.

- Imam al-Ghazali [Rahmatullah Alayh]

#when will you learn #this life is a test #life lessons #the world we live in #learn from the past #the matrix #wisdom quotes #deep words #spiritual quotes #life reminders #life quotes #imam ghazali #life advice #meaning of life #world quotes #islamic reminders #wise words #spiritual awareness #truth quotes #philosophy quotes #life philosophy #humanity quotes #history lesson #facts #words to remember #religion quotes #quotes to think about #turn to god #end of time #islamic advice

[sabakos]

Some philosophers love to take it as an axiom that their own conclusions are derivable completely independently of experience, despite the fact that they themselves derived those conclusions from their experiences. This sort of argument tends to have a decreasing amount of rhetorical value the farther their own experiences are from your own, as it mostly serves as a comedic illustration that people who place too little weight on observation as a source of belief fail to even have a theory of other minds.

Like, if the crux of your argument is "if you really think about it though, I'm correct" but I don't even recognize the concepts you're talking about, you just look like a solipsist.

#yes this post is making fun of islamic philosophy #also john rawls i guess