Islam and West

• Islamic sciences are not compatible with

western sciences.
• Western sciences derive their methods from
human beings.
• This fact traces its root in ‘Enlightment’.
• David hume says ,” nothing exits (except
sensation)”.

• Kant says ,”Mental structure impose their

structure on the world
• Kant presumes a rational self which make
universal laws .
• Ibn-khuldoon- priorities uloom-un-naqaliyah
over uloom-un-aqaliyah.

• Islamic sciences are not compatible with

western sciences
Islamic sciences is God orientated whereas, western sciences
are human centric. There is no compatibility or similarity
between Islamic and western sciences

Because we believe that west wants to study human beings.

• Western sciences derive their methods from
human beings
Human beings are rational and autonomous, and the method
from which they study humans is derived from human beings
themselves. Not from God, prophet, animal or any other
agency. There is no supernatural method (self evident).

• This fact traces its root in enlightment

The Enlightenment is a term used to describe a time in

Western philosophy and cultural life, centered upon the
eighteenth century. It was an intellectual movement, French
revolution came due to this and other western revolution. It
gained power due to American movement and bring about
French movement. The two main figures of this period are

DAVID HUME and KANT

• David hume says ,” nothing exits (except

sensation)”
David Hume, originally David Home, son of Joseph Home of
Chirnside, advocate, and Katherine Lady Falconer, was born on 26
April 1711.He was a britisher who was working in tradition which is
called British Supericism. He says there is only one reality that is
sensations. Information gained through five senses
(touch,feel,smell,hear,sight) we can know the reality of things.
 Certainity by relying on sensations. No believe in God. Beyond
sensation nothing exists.

• Kant says ,”Mental structure impose their

structure on the world and he presumes a
rational self which make universal laws

Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was

an 18th-century German philosopher from the Prussian city of
Königsberg. Kant suggested that metaphysics can be
reformed through epistemology.[2] He suggested that by
understanding the sources and limits of human knowledge we
can ask fruitful metaphysical questions.mind structure that
works in the world and knowldege constructs from sensations
and mind. He concluded that all objects about which the mind
can think must conform to its manner of thought. Therefore if
the mind can think only in terms of causality – which he
concluded that it does – then we can know prior to
experiencing them that all objects we experience must either
be a cause or an effect. However, it follows from this that it is
possible that there are objects of such nature which the mind
cannot think, and so the principle of causality, for instance,
cannot be applied outside of experience: hence we cannot
know, for example, whether the world always existed or if it
had a cause. And so the grand questions of speculative
metaphysics cannot be answered by the human mind, but the
sciences are firmly grounded in laws of the mind.
• Ibn-khuldoon- priorites uloom-un-naqaliyah
over uloom-un-aqaliyah
Was the first muslim sociologist but some believe that
august was the first.

Ibe-khaldoon-establishment of state ?

Formation of state should be established on two possibilities:-

Rational

Naql

Society-volunteer realtionship to overcome the needs of the other

people.Its not possible without an institute.Kanbt established the
state because of naql. Justice and purpose is coming from
revelations. Islmaic sciences should be prioritize rather then ration
sciences beacause we are believers of God.

Western sciences are human centric whereas in islamic sciences are

based on Allah and he will tell us everything what to do.
 Assignment No.1

Islam and West

Course: Islamic Studies
Faculty Name: S.M Mehboob –ul- Hasan
Section: ‘F’
Submission Date: 24th- Nov- 2009

Compiled By:

• Sufiyan Mir (10806)

• Talha Bhadelia (10597)