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The first major contemporary study on the status & person of Socrates in Islam. Known as the father of Western Philosophy, Socrates was a man of great religious belief ‘To do this has, as I say, been enjoined upon me by the God, by means of oracles and dreams, and in every other way that a Divine manifestation has ever ordered a man to do anything’ says Socrates in Plato's Apology. His belief in his appointment by God to call the people of Athens to the good life was so firm and unshakable that in the very hour of his death sentence, he rebuked his followers for crying for, as he had said so many times, for the True Philosopher 'death may be the greatest of all human blessings’. Religion in today's world is portrayed as the antithesis of rationality and science. Yet the so-called 'Father of Rationality' and one of the earliest documented rational enquirers into why we live the way we do was a man who based even his smallest actions on his Divine Sign or Revelation ‘At all previous times my familiar prophetic power, my spiritual manifestation, frequently opposed me, even in small matters, when I was about to do something wrong...’ (Plato's Apology). Islam is clear on the question of Prophethood - God in The Holy Quran addresses Muhammad ﷺ and says: Verily We have sent thee with the Truth as a bearer of glad tidings and as a Warner; for there is no nation to whom a Warner has not been sent. If they treat thee as a liar their predecessors did the same. Whenever their Messengers came to them with clear Signs and with the Scriptures and with the Illuminating Book. The Holy Quran. al-Fatir [The Originator]: 25, 26. Was Socrates then among these Prophets - these Warners? What is the criteria of Prophethood in Islam and does Socrates fit the bill? How can rationality and revelation co-exist? If science is the Act of God and true religion the Word of God, should they not go hand in hand? Rehan Qayoom an active poet of both English and Urdu analysed and dissected what we know about Socrates to answer these questions and to, no doubt, raise a good many more on 7 February 2013 at University College London. The event was held by AMSA (Ahmadiyya Muslim Student’s Association) and co-hosted by the UCLU Hellenic Society. The talk was followed by a Q & A and a dramatic rendition of a portion of The Apology.
Moore, C. (ed.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Socrates, Brill
Socrates in the Arabic Tradition: An Esteemed Monotheist with Moist Blue Eyes2019 •
American Journal of Islam and Society
Islamic Ethics in Dialogue with Socrates, Jesus, and ConfuciusThis paper argues that Islamic ethics is a retaliatory ethics only atthe socio-political level. In personal morality, it resembles theethics of Socrates and Jesus of not returning wrong for wrong. Acomparison is also undertaken with Confucian ethics.
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
On the transmission of Greek philosophy to medieval Muslim philosophersThere are two dominant approaches towards understanding medieval Muslim philosophy: (1) Greek ancestry approach and (2) religiopolitical context approach. In the Greek ancestry approach, medieval Muslim philosophy is interpreted in terms of its relation to classical Greek philosophy, particularly to the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. The religiopolitical context approach, however, views a thorough understanding of the religious and political situation of that time as the key to the proper understanding of medieval Muslim philosophy. Notwithstanding the immense significance of the two approaches for understanding medieval Muslim philosophy, the question on the reason behind medieval Muslim philosophers’ preference for Plato’s Republic over Aristotle’s Politics in political philosophy is not accurately answered. This preference is usually attributed either to the availability or unavailability of the text or to the suitability or unsuitability of the text for Islamic theological v...
Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies
Greek Scientific and Philosophical Knowledge as a Survival Tool for a Religious Minority at the Abbasid Court: The Case of Thābit ibn Qurra2021 •
Thābit ibn Qurra (d. 901) was one of the notable scholars studying Greek science and philosophy in the early Abbasid period. He is especially known for his translations of important Greek scientific works. What is remarkable about his religious life is that he was the father of the Harranian Sabians in Baghdad. The Sabians were a religious minority adopting the name Sabian from the Qur’an to obtain a protected status in the Abbasid dynasties. Thābit established a Sabian family and the members of this family survived as court scholars with recourse to their knowledge of Greek science and philosophy. Then, we have a question: how did Thābit become a renowned scholar at the Abbasid court, although he was a member of a religious minority? The title list of Thābit’s works shows us that most of them are summaries of topics of Greek science and philosophy. Given that some of them have recipients’ names, he was active at the court as an adviser for court members, just like other court scholars. Since he obtained an esteemed position at the court, his strategy of utilizing the knowledge of Greek science and philosophy was successful. By analysing his arguments in these treatises, we realize that, in the course of his explanations of natural phenomena, he often connected the rational structure of the World to the existence of the oneness of God. In this paper, I will focus on his arguments regarding the oneness of God in his scientific and philosophical treatises including Reason of the Saltiness of Sea Water and Concise Exposition of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, and elucidate that he became an eminent adviser by providing reasonable proofs of important doctrines for the monotheism such as the oneness of God with recourse to his knowledge of Greek science and philosophy and demonstrated his competence as an adviser for Islamic court.
Mishkaat Printers & Publishers, Aligarh
Interaction of Muslims with Greek Philosophy during the Early Abbasid Period. presented on2016 •
The socio-political rise or fall of a culture necessarily goes with its moral rise or fall. But, the case seems to be different with intellectual development. A nation may decline in the socio-political sphere and yet its decline may under suitable circumstances itself become a stimulus for its intellectual advance. The political and moral decline of the Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad began in about the middle of the ninth century but the deep rooted tradition of the patronage of learning in the Muslim world kept its intellectual achievements rising from peak to peak right up to the time of Mongol Devastation. During the period of Abbasid's, the Persian, Indian, Greek and Arab civilizations had chance to make representation in one or other way in the Islamic world. There is no doubt that the Arabs were acquainted with the Greek thought before translation work started, but that was by way of interaction with the foreigners, this acquaintance was deepened with coming of the period of translation. This paper will seek to find out how the Muslims get interacted with the Greek Philosophy.
The other narratives of early Islam: contemporary sources and critical readings, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 22-23/03/2024
‘A critical reading of Christian sources on the surrender agreements during the Arab Conquest’Media & viestintä
Stuart Hall (1932–2014): Kulttuurintutkimus, musta diaspora ja kamppailu neoliberalismia vastaan2014 •
2012 •
Értelemmintázatok a globalitás és lokalitás találkozásában
A gondolkodás lokalitása2021 •
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
LoS-Map Construction for Proactive Relay of Opportunity Selection in 6G V2X Systems2022 •
O contributo do desenvolvimento sustentável do turismo nas áreas transfronteiriças de conservação, para a inclusão das comunidades das comunidades e promoção da paz.
Prefácio. In Amália Carlos Cazalma – O contributo do desenvolvimento sustentável do turismo nas áreas transfronteiriças de conservação, para a inclusão das comunidades das comunidades e promoção da paz.2023 •
Persönlichkeiten des Instituts: Otto Walter in Athen – Προσωπικότητες του Ινστιτούτου: Ο Otto Walter στην Αθήνα
Persönlichkeiten des Instituts: Otto Walter in Athen – Προσωπικότητες του Ινστιτούτου: Ο Otto Walter στην Αθήνα (gemeinsam mit Walter Gauss)International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Rapid high density cryogenic pressure vessel filling to 345 bar with a liquid hydrogen pump2018 •
2021 •
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Exploring marine mammal presence across seven US national marine sanctuaries
Rehan Qayoom