Dar Ta‘arud al-‘Aql wa al-Naql

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Dar Ta‘arud al-‘Aql wa al-Naql is a major theological and philosophical work by Ibn Taymiyyah that systematically addresses the relationship and alleged conflicts between reason and revelation in Islamic thought.

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instanceOf Islamic theological work ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
addresses epistemic status of consensus (ijma‘) ⓘ
interpretation of ambiguous scriptural texts ⓘ
interpretation of divine attributes ⓘ
limits of human reason in theology ⓘ
use of analogy (qiyas) in theology ⓘ
aim to reconcile reason and revelation ⓘ
argumentStyle polemical ⓘ
systematic ⓘ
associatedWith Salafi thought ⓘ
author Ibn Taymiyyah ⓘ
criticizes Ash‘ari kalam ⓘ
Mu‘tazili theology ⓘ
extreme rationalism in theology ⓘ
falsafa (Islamic Peripatetic philosophy) ⓘ
linked to: Falsafa
epistemicHierarchy places revelation above speculative reason while affirming harmony with sound reason ⓘ
field Islamic studies ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
genre Islamic philosophy ⓘ
kalam ⓘ
historicalPeriod Mamluk era ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
importance foundational text for later Salafi theology ⓘ
key reference in debates on reason and revelation in Islam ⓘ
major work in Ibn Taymiyyah’s corpus ⓘ
influencedBy Hadith ⓘ
Hanbali theological tradition ⓘ
Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
language Arabic ⓘ
mainTopic Islamic theology ⓘ
conflict between ‘aql (reason) and naql (transmitted texts) ⓘ
epistemology in Islam ⓘ
relationship between reason and revelation ⓘ
methodology critical engagement with earlier theologians and philosophers ⓘ
rational argumentation ⓘ
textual analysis of Qur’an and Hadith ⓘ
positionOnReason affirms sound reason as compatible with revelation ⓘ
positionOnRevelation affirms primacy of authentic revelation over speculative reasoning ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
structure multi-volume work ⓘ
supportsView no genuine contradiction exists between sound reason and authentic revelation ⓘ
viewOnPhilosophers accuses philosophers of contradicting revelation and sound reason ⓘ
viewOnTheologians accuses speculative theologians of misusing rational methods ⓘ

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