The qur'an and the formation of the intellectual (scientific) mind
In the process of building knowledge-based civilization, scientific progress and technological advancement is both important and challenging task. However, equally important and challenging task is "forming" the scientific mind and "shaping" the intellectual behaviour of indiv...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23772/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23772/1/The_Qur%27an_and_the_formation_of_the_intellectual.pdf |
| Summary: | In the process of building knowledge-based civilization, scientific progress and
technological advancement is both important and challenging task. However, equally
important and challenging task is "forming" the scientific mind and "shaping" the
intellectual behaviour of individuals to develop science and technology. While such claim
seems to be apparently noticeable fact, among various questions raised are; if the
formation of the scientific mind is a pre-requisite for the progress of science, what are the
necessary steps of forming the scientific mind? How to improve the human ability of
knowledge production? What are the educational stepladders to improve the competence
of human intellectual mind? This paper attempts to answer, at least, some of these
questions through and within the Qur'anic perspective. This is because, though the
Qur'an is not a scientific book which contains historical and laboratory details of science
and technology, however, as a book of guidance it incorporates vital descriptions related
to knowledge and methods of improving human ability of acquiring knowledge. Through
analytical and textual methods, this paper aims to expose the rudimentary elements of the
Qur'anic perspective of improving scientific mind and intellectual behaviour of man,
including; reading continuously with understanding, the culture of learning,
authentication of received information, objectivity with the subject of knowledge, and to
avoid depending on doubts and superstitions in the learning process. While the Qur'anic
terms and the Prophetic statements related to the subject would be exposed, the opinions
of the Muslim exegetes of the Qur'an and theologians related to the subject would be
unveiled. |
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