TY - JOUR AU - Mohd Shahran, Mohd Farid PY - 2015/10/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE PRIORITY OF RATIONAL PROOF IN ISLAM: THE VIEW OF FAKHR AL-DĪN AL-RĀZĪ JF - TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World JA - tafhim VL - 8 IS - SE - Articles DO - 10.56389/tafhim.vol8no1.1 UR - https://tafhim.ikim.gov.my/index.php/tafhim/article/view/102 SP - AB - <p>This article analyses the instrumental and&nbsp;foundational roles of rational proof in Islam, as&nbsp;reflected in Islamic theology and with special focus&nbsp;on the thought of a renowned Muslim theologian of&nbsp;later Ashʿarite school, Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (1149–1209). The priority of rational proof, the way he had&nbsp;articulated it, lies in its two important roles in regard&nbsp;to revelation: being the basis for the justification of&nbsp;revelation (aṣl al-naql) as well as being an important&nbsp;criterion in verifying the certainty of revelation.&nbsp;While the first becomes clear via the role of reason in&nbsp;proving the existence of God which forms the basis&nbsp;of one’s belief in the Qurʾān, the Divine Speech of&nbsp;God, the second becomes evident in the importance&nbsp;of the ten rational criteria in determining the truth&nbsp;of a revealed text. The article contends that the&nbsp;aforementioned priority as expounded by al-Rāzī is&nbsp;still relevant and any attempt at relearning it shall&nbsp;render one’s contemporary approach to revelation&nbsp;more comprehensive and systematic.</p> ER -