ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE DIMENSION OF THOUGHT

ISLAMIC REVEALED KNOWLEDGE This book is a collection of 13 articles focusing on Caqidah, Islamic Thought, ‘ilm al-kaläm, study of Religions, and epistemological foundations of the worldview. It highlights psychotherapeutic approaches rooted in religion, characterized by comprehensiveness and consistency to help people cope with the vicious challenges of modern life, analyses the position occupied by the Divine Mercy of God in His relation with His servants, discusses taw&id to eliminate misconceptions regarding the discourses of the reformists. It also explores how Muhammad Farid Wajdi views the scientific and rational methodological approaches to theological matters, draws attention to a major cultural transformation of the Malays as a result of the introduction of Islam to the Malay Archipelago, and underscores the role of sacred texts in understanding religions by offering a general survey of the two approaches in the study of religions. It examines al-Attas’ exposition of the worldview of Islam, traces the development of the Islamization of Adat Perpatih from the early nineteenth century, and its influence on Islamic religious practices. It analyzes Ibn Qutaybah’s method of relating the abädith as a general ethical basis for any operational guidelines to the contemporary context, explores the views of Ibn Khaldün on the history of theology, and studies the muior schools in Islamic theology concerning the divine transcendence and their views against anthropormorphism. Finally, it examines the traditions and opinions of some of the mu&addithün, which reveal that union with the Prophet can only take place in a ‘true dream, and discusses the issue of divorce and its legislation in Islamic law, its negative outcomes on the couples, family and children.

• EDITED BY THAMEEM USHAMA
• IIUM Press