Date of Award

2010

Thesis Type

Masters

Document Type

Dissertation

Divisions

Academy of Islamic Studies

Department

Department of Usuluddin and Da'wah (formally known as Department of Aqidah & Islamic Thought)

Institution

Universiti Malaya

Abstract

The Sources of Knowledge in Islam: A Study on the Philosophical Ideas of Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas explores and investigates the sources of knowledge in Islam as one of the important issues in knowledge or epistemology according to the perspective of Professor Syed Mohammad Naquib al-Attas. It is based on library research that involves two main processes, collecting data and analysing data. In analysing data it deals with three methods: deductive, inductive and comparative methods. It presents an analysis on many related issues, such as the possibility of knowledge, the definition of knowledge, the classification of knowledge, the tradition of knowledge, and the sources of knowledge, including from the perspective of the early Muslim theologians, philosophers and sufis. It is clear that al-Attas follows the tradition of early scholars in investigating the problems of knowledge. And, as far as the source of knowledge is concerned, an elaboration based on al-Attas’ works is presented and it shows the comprehensiveness of his thought on this issue. The sources of knowledge in Islam according to al-Attas included true report, intuition, intellect and senses and they are not contradicting each other. This research infers that al-Attas’ concept of the sources of knowledge is able to solve the problem of contemporary knowledge, especially the contemporary modern science which has been limited to the empirical inquiry per se. It also suggests that further research should be conducted to examine the relevance of his thought on knowledge and how it could help the Muslim mind in facing crucial confusions on knowledge developed and posed nowadays by those who are promoting the Western worldview. This research is divided into five chapters; first chapter is the introduction, the second chapter is the biography of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, the third chapter is the discussion on knowledge and its related issues, the fourth chapter is the sources of knowledge according to al-Attas, and the fifth chapter is the conclusion of the research.

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Additional Information

Dissertation (M.A.) – Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya, 2010.

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