A Rationality Immersed in Religiosity: Reason and Religiosity in Abu'l Fazl's Oeuvre. (May 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- A Rationality Immersed in Religiosity: Reason and Religiosity in Abu'l Fazl's Oeuvre. (May 2020)
- Main Title:
- A Rationality Immersed in Religiosity: Reason and Religiosity in Abu'l Fazl's Oeuvre
- Authors:
- Mukhia, Harbans
- Abstract:
- Abu'l Fazl is often invested with a dichotomy between reason and religion, grandly upholding the majesty of reason ( mā'qūlāt ) over received blind faith ( taqlīd ), drawing inspiration from varied sources but falling short of going the distance towards 'scientific rationality'. Abu'l Fazl's rationality had little in common with it; it was rooted in a new dichotomy he was constituting, one between universal religiosity and denominational religions, thus redefining dīn. Sulh-i kul (Absolute peace) in the midst of religious strife was his rationality. It is suggested that the main inspiration for this dichotomy came from the saint-poet Kabir, even as Abu'l Fazl was greatly influenced by the Sufi doctrines of 'Illumination' of the Eastern School and wahdat al-wujūd of Ibn al-'Arabi.
- Is Part Of:
- Medieval history journal. Volume 23:Number 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Medieval history journal
- Issue:
- Volume 23:Number 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 23, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0023-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 50
- Page End:
- 73
- Publication Date:
- 2020-05
- Subjects:
- Middle Ages -- Periodicals
Middeleeuwen
909.0705 - Journal URLs:
- http://mhj.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=17 ↗
http://www.uk.sagepub.com ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0971945820907406 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0971-9458
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