Dr. Faruqi’s Philosophical Methodology- From Metaphysics to Revelation

Abstract

Philosophers used to devise some methodologies to make their ideologies and theories comprehensible to the general public.The originality of the methodology leads to the loftiness of the ideals of the philosopher. Unlike many other disciplines of sciences, Arabia from where Islam emerged was not the real hometown of philosophy but was imported from the territories under Greek sway. The Muslim philosophical scholars were very pure and pious Muslims, but the philosophy and philosophical methodologies they adopted were not compatible with Islamic teachings. The Muslim philosophers were not original in their philosophical methodologies. They were pure in their Islam but were not pure with respect to philosophy as they followed their Greek masters. The entire mechanism adopted by them was derived from the Greek philosophy nurtured in the lap of Greek mythology. Burhān Ahmad Fārūqī (1905-1996) is the first to devise a philosophical methodology from the holy Quran to solve problems. His methodology is purely based on the Qurānic injunctions, known as Minhāj al Quran. With the discovery of this methodology, the Muslim scholastic system becomes independent from all foreign influences. This article presents a preponderance of Qurānic Methodology through an analytical and comparative study of the philosophical thoughts of the philosophers.