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Central to Hikmah Islam is the Sovereignty of Intellect ''(Arabic: حاكمية العقل, romanised: Al-Hākimiyyah al-ʿAql)'' | Central to Hikmah Islam is the Sovereignty of Intellect ''(Arabic: حاكمية العقل, romanised: Al-Hākimiyyah al-ʿAql)'' from epistemology and metaphysics via rationalism, through Self-Cultivation via Mysticism and extending to political theory and the organisation of society via Noocracy. | ||
In its account of Sovereignty of Intellect, Hikmah Islam situates Plato's Philosopher King as its philosophical conception, Jesus' movement as its attempt, Muhammad's polity as its achievement, Islamic Golden Age philosophers and mystics as refiners of its foundational metaphysics, and Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic Revolution as its revival. | |||
the cultivation of wisdom (''ḥikmah''), and the perfection of the human being. | |||
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At the core of Hikmah Islam is a unified emphasis on intellect ''(Arabic: عقل, romanised: ʿaql)'', understood broadly as mind, consciousness, and the faculty of rational and perceptive apprehension. This emphasis is not confined to a single domain, but extends across the entire spectrum of human existence: | At the core of Hikmah Islam is a unified emphasis on intellect ''(Arabic: عقل, romanised: ʿaql)'', understood broadly as mind, consciousness, and the faculty of rational and perceptive apprehension. This emphasis is not confined to a single domain, but extends across the entire spectrum of human existence: | ||
Within this framework, the intellect functions simultaneously as receiver, interpreter, and governor. It is the faculty through which reality is apprehended, the instrument by which truth is distinguished from falsehood, and the standard against which beliefs, actions, and institutions are evaluated. As such, it occupies a structurally primary role: directing the soul at the individual level and serving as the proper basis of authority at the collective level. | Within this framework, the intellect functions simultaneously as receiver, interpreter, and governor. It is the faculty through which reality is apprehended, the instrument by which truth is distinguished from falsehood, and the standard against which beliefs, actions, and institutions are evaluated. As such, it occupies a structurally primary role: directing the soul at the individual level and serving as the proper basis of authority at the collective level. | ||