Hazara Islamicus (Dec 2015)
Concept of Knowledge in Islam: A brief Review of Said Nursi’s Risale i- Nur
Abstract
The term Wm (Knowledge) has met ample deliberations in diverse discourses as an Islamic concept besides appearing very frequently both in Qur'an and banh. 1/m derived from the root word '-bm means the cognitive understanding of a particular thing and thereafter its acquisition. Inquisitive seeking and search for knowledge is the prime duty assigned to the Muslims (bduts a!-'I/in). The terms like hikmah. merifah. etc—and their verbs and verbal derivatives, time and again—find their representation in the Qur'an, that further adds to the characteristic beauty of 'lice. Ma'nfidt is used for knowlechr which mostly cannot be held by the heart after it has been perceived. When a person perceives that thing, or when he ascribes to it the attribute which subsist within it, it may be said he posses ak ESA (knowledge). Afar fah in Bottilinamaa's thought emerges from Islam. .4144111 is knowledge which designates a thing together with all its qualities as something different from everything outside it. Mar?fiatullah (Knowledge of God) leads to purity of heat and snuggling with the soul, so that level of purification is attained that the senses and reason could not attain on their own. In aokurrangils thought, MethCfh is one of the fruits of belief ('iman), and is considered to be one of the results or bring on the straight path in religion. The pommy for the sending down man to this world and the wisdom implicit in it, consists of recognising the creator of all beings in I lim and worship Him. the primordial duty of man and the obligations incumbent upon him are to know God and believe in Him, to affirm His existence in submission and perfect certainty. Acvording to Said AVM belief in God can only became certain and true by being founded on knowledge of the true object of worship. According to him the ibundation, source, light, and sprit of all true knowledge is knowledge of God, and its essence and basis is belief on God. In hanmearmin'A thought the worship, servitude to God taught by many verses of holy Quiim is only realised by recognising God and loving I him. In this context, this paper as a humble attempt will bring to limelight the concept of knowledge in reflection to Itisak I- ?Ole of &diI...moan Said Nazi, whether, it may be his concept of integration of religious knowledge with scientific knowledge or the Afienfeh (knowledge of God) in recogniting God.
