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07 Islamic Philosophy
Islam?
1. How many Muslims are there in the world?
2. What man is usually considered the founder of
Islam?
3. How many children does the average Muslim
woman have?
4. What does the Arabic word "islam" literally
mean?
5. What five countries have the largest Muslim
populations?
6. What is the name of Islam's holy book?
7. What language was this book written in?
ISLAMIC PHILOSOPY OF
EDUCATION
BY
Dr. Chua Lee Chuan
1. 1 billion
2. Mohammed
3. Six
4. The "Way of Submission", or "Surrender"
5. Indonesia, Pakistan,Bangladesh, India, Nigeria
6. Qur'an (Koran)
7. Arabic
8. Kashmir
9. The confession, ritual prayer, giving alms, observing
Ramadan, making the pilgrimage to Mecca.
10. Suriname
11. Mecca
12. Saudi Arabia
13. Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, France, West
Germany
14. Sunni and Shi'a
15. Mosque
Islamic philosophy
Philosophy which is based on the teaching of
Islam or revealed knowledge (obtained from
the holy book, al-Quran and As-Sunnah)
The role of Islamic Philosophy is to explain
the relationship between man and his
Creator (Allah), between man and man, and
between man and his environment.
Islamic Education
is a process to educate and train the mind, body, soul
and emotion of man based on revealed knowledge (alQuran and As-Sunnah), experiences of salaf al-Salih
and prominent educators in the hope to produce human
beings who is knowledgable, believes in God, pious,
performed good deeds, and has good personality in
order to carry out his responsibilities as caliph as
specified by Allah onto mankind to develop oneself,
society, environment, and country in order to achieve
happiness in this world and the world after.
Islamic education is a process to consciously guide
educators mould students based on the teachings of
Islam
to be of good behaviour
to achieve perfection in their soul
to do good and noble deeds
to practise refined culture
to get use to cleanliness, sincerity and good practices
Islamic Philosophers
Ibnu Khaldun
Regarded knowledge and education as one industry
Reproduction of values
Inculcation of religious values
Training in knowledge and know-how (to achieve perfection
in human)
Learning of trades
Teaching of arts and sciences
Teaching both theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge
Using good examples as models (learning through direct
observations)
Believe in continuous repetition (Limited receptivity)
Learning should take place at a very young age
at the beginning the student is literally incapable of
understanding anything at all
Mohammad Iqbal
A reformer of Islamic society
Did not believe in mere belief in God
Against Sufism ( which says, Accept your destiny even
if it is against you)
human should arise against destiny that tied one down
human must change the world, instead of succumbing to
heavenly fate stated in Quranic Islam
Opposed theocracy and dictatorship and considered
them against the free spirit of Islam
Only education will be able to
Improve the life of the muslim community
Transform a muslim into a perfect human being
Encourage members of the society to work collaboratively
Al Ghazali
employed Plato and Aristotles Philosophy
students should:
be spiritually pure before receiving knowledge
respect teachers and behave in a civil manner
towards them
beware of paying too much attention to doctrinal
controversies
master the fundamental of praiseworthy science and
study deeper on those fields
choose useful subjects that are conducive to salvation
in the hereafter
study each subject thoroughly before going on to
another
Al-Kindi
(Arab Muslim Philospher)
Born in iraq
He was a Arab philosopher, mathematician,
physician, scientist
Best known as the philosopher of the Arabs
Greatest Islamic philosopher during his time
greatly influence by Aristotles philosophy through
translation movement (employed to translate
greek texts but he did not understand greek. He
polished translation made by others)
World is divided into 2 parts (similar to aristotles view)
Earth subject to disintegration
Above earth not subjected to disintegration