Taqiuddin al-Nabhani
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Taqiuddin al-Nabhani was the founder of the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir
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He died aged 68 in 1977.
Al-Nabhani's definitions of thought have been used in the study of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and information processing research discussed in the Addison-Wesley published book "Conceptual Structures: Information Processing in Mind and Machine (Systems Programming Series)" and used in London South Bank University's information systems department.
After many philosophical discussions on the nature of thoughts and emotions, Nabhani concludes that the only way to bring about change is via discussion, refutation, and revival of the relevant thoughts and emotions. It is from this philosophical basis that he argued that force does not work to change people's ideas. He also argued that a decline in Muslim thought, emotions and concepts led to their decline and the eventual destruction of the Khilafah. He believed the first major step towards decline in the Muslims was confusion about, and dealing with new foreign ideas, mainly Greek, Persian and Eastern philosophy.
He argued the Islamic world did not know how to tackle and contextualise these ideas because they became insular, and complacent of preserving and keeping relevant their own Islamic thoughts or philosophy to a world in flux. The heavy emphasis on pinpointing, defining and changing peoples thoughts, convictions, or emotions, via stronger thoughts, diagnosis, and refutation of the process an individual uses to reach their particular 'incorrect' view, is the method of Hizb ut-Tahrir's argumentation on almost every issue.
Argument. However, both Nabhani and Ghazali argued that after belief (Aqeeda) is established, divine laws in the Quran are beyond question due to the 'essence' of God being beyond human comprehension. Nabhani loosely affirmed rationalism (not that of the Mu'tazili
) but argued that it can establish belief in a God just like Ghazali and Ghazali's teacher al-Juwayni in his book, contrary to the common western notion of rationalism. He tried to outline materialist arguments and axioms to prove that one unlimited creator of the universe, God (Allah
) can be proven by rational deduction. He believed that the dependency of, and limited physical nature of every tangible thing within human perception point ultimately to an unlimited creator that is beyond need and dependency, an Absolute Infinite.
Hizb ut-Tahrir
Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
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He died aged 68 in 1977.
Philosophy and Theology
Nabhani in his books 'Thought' and 'System of Islam' placed heavy emphasis on discussing modes and models of the psychology behind human thought, and concepts. He defined the thought process, and how it reaches the status of conviction or concepts. He discussed the internal working of thoughts, convictions, and concepts in shaping the Nafs or emotions and sentiments. Delving into the internal workings of how people reach conclusions and the psychology behind the process derives itself from Taqiuddin al-Nabhani's roots in Sufism from his first teacher and maternal grandfather Yusuf al-Nabhani.Al-Nabhani's definitions of thought have been used in the study of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and information processing research discussed in the Addison-Wesley published book "Conceptual Structures: Information Processing in Mind and Machine (Systems Programming Series)" and used in London South Bank University's information systems department.
After many philosophical discussions on the nature of thoughts and emotions, Nabhani concludes that the only way to bring about change is via discussion, refutation, and revival of the relevant thoughts and emotions. It is from this philosophical basis that he argued that force does not work to change people's ideas. He also argued that a decline in Muslim thought, emotions and concepts led to their decline and the eventual destruction of the Khilafah. He believed the first major step towards decline in the Muslims was confusion about, and dealing with new foreign ideas, mainly Greek, Persian and Eastern philosophy.
He argued the Islamic world did not know how to tackle and contextualise these ideas because they became insular, and complacent of preserving and keeping relevant their own Islamic thoughts or philosophy to a world in flux. The heavy emphasis on pinpointing, defining and changing peoples thoughts, convictions, or emotions, via stronger thoughts, diagnosis, and refutation of the process an individual uses to reach their particular 'incorrect' view, is the method of Hizb ut-Tahrir's argumentation on almost every issue.
Faith versus rational belief
Nabhani claimed that Islam is founded on rational belief and not blind faith, being very similar to Ghazali's KalamKalam
ʿIlm al-Kalām is the Islamic philosophical discipline of seeking theological principles through dialectic. Kalām in Islamic practice relates to the discipline of seeking theological knowledge through debate and argument. A scholar of kalām is referred to as a mutakallim...
Argument. However, both Nabhani and Ghazali argued that after belief (Aqeeda) is established, divine laws in the Quran are beyond question due to the 'essence' of God being beyond human comprehension. Nabhani loosely affirmed rationalism (not that of the Mu'tazili
Mu'tazili
' is an Islamic school of speculative theology that flourished in the cities of Basra and Baghdad, both in present-day Iraq, during the 8th–10th centuries. The adherents of the Mu'tazili school are best known for their having asserted that, because of the perfect unity and eternal nature of God,...
) but argued that it can establish belief in a God just like Ghazali and Ghazali's teacher al-Juwayni in his book, contrary to the common western notion of rationalism. He tried to outline materialist arguments and axioms to prove that one unlimited creator of the universe, God (Allah
Allah
Allah is a word for God used in the context of Islam. In Arabic, the word means simply "God". It is used primarily by Muslims and Bahá'ís, and often, albeit not exclusively, used by Arabic-speaking Eastern Catholic Christians, Maltese Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox Christians, Mizrahi Jews and...
) can be proven by rational deduction. He believed that the dependency of, and limited physical nature of every tangible thing within human perception point ultimately to an unlimited creator that is beyond need and dependency, an Absolute Infinite.
Books
- Saving Palestine - 1950
- The Message of the Arabs - 1950
- The System for Society - 1950
- The Ruling System in Islam - 1953
- The Economic System In IslamThe Economic System In IslamThe Economic System In Islam is a book written by Taqiuddin an-Nabhani originally written and published in Arabic in 1953 and translated into English and other languages. It explains the Islamic views on economy and its contradictions with Western-based capitalism and socialism....
- 1953 - The Social System in Islam -1953
- The Party Structure -1953
- The Concepts of Hizb ut-Tahrir - 1953
- The Islamic State - 1953
- The Islamic Personality (in three volumes) - 1960
- Political Concepts of Hizb ut-Tahrir - 1969
- Political View of Hizb ut-Tahrir - 1972
- Introduction to the Constitution or the Reasons That Make it Obligatory - 1963
- The Khilafah - 1967
- Presence of Mind - 1976
- A Burning Call to the Muslims from Hizb ut-Tahrir - 1965
- Thinking - 1973
- The Jurisprudence of Prayer