Paper – II Total Marks: 100
Muslim Philosophy
- Genesis and Development of Theological and Philosophical Thought in Islam
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Muslim Theology:
a) Mutazilites: Five Principles, Naturalistic Ethics
b) Asharites: Divine Attibutes, Createdness / Uncreatedness of the Quran, Human Freedom
- Sufisim:
a) Origin of Sufisim and its Characteristics
b) Metaphysics: Wahdat al Wajud and Wahdat al Shuhud
- Muslim Philosophers:
a) Ibn Sina: Concept of Being, Doctrine of Emanation, Psychology
b) Al Ghazali: Method, Refutation of Philosophers
c) Ibn Rushd: Reconciliation between Philosophy and Religion, Theory of Knowledge
d) Ibn Khaldun: Concept of History, Refutation of Metaphysics
- Modern Reconstructionists of Islamic Thought:
a) Shah Waliullah: Metaphysics, Social Philosophy
b) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan: God, Man and Universe, Concept of Religion and Ethics
c) Allama Muhammad Iqbal: Epistemology, Doctrine of Ego, Concept of Ijtehad
- Contemporary Debates:
a) Religious Modernism
b) Religious Fundamentalism
c) Islamization of Knowledge
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Majid Fakhari [2004] A History of Islamic Philosophy, 3rd Edition, Columbia University Press, New York.
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M. M. Sharif [1996] A History of Muslim Philosophy Vol. I & II, Royal Book Company, Karachi.
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Abdul Khaliq [2000] Problems of Muslim Theology, Victory Book Bank, Lahore.
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Abdul Khaliq [1966] Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan: On Nature, Man and God, Bazm-e Iqbal, Lahore.
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J. M. S. Baljon [1986] Religion and Thought of Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Leidan: E.J. Brill.
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Mansoor Moaddel & Kamran Talattof [2002] Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam, Palgrave Macmillan.
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Ismail Raji – al Faruqi [1988] Islamization of Knowledge: Problems, Principles and Prospective, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.
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Mustansir Mir [2006] Iqbal, Iqbal Academy, Pakistan.