Science, religion and the relationship between the two from the perspective of Abul Hasan Ameri

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Culture Research Department, Faculty of Culture and Social Studies, Research Institute of Islamic Culture and Thought, Tehran, Iran.

10.48308/jipt.2025.238014.1588

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What are the characteristics, definitions, and nature of science and religion from Abu al-Hasan al-Amiri's perspective, and what is their relationship to one another? Abu al-Hasan Amiri believes that both science and religion have a rational nature, and his ideas in this field can be examined in the thought system of Islamic philosophers. He divides science into two categories: religious and philosophical, and enumerates the types for each. According to him, science is meaningful only within the framework of reason and has a rational nature. From Amiri's perspective, religion is a collection of theoretical and practical propositions from the source of revelation with rational necessity, understood by the complete and abstract intellect of the Prophet. Revelation, in Amiri's view, is the reception of truths bestowed by God to the prophet's intellect. Based on this, none of the sciences are in conflict with religion, which holds a higher status. Amiri considers science and religion as manifestations of a single truth and all his analyses should be understood within this general framework.

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The Mirror of Knowledge

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Available Online from 09 March 2025

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