Ḥikmah

Reza Berenjkar Associate Professor of Tehran University Abstract: Ḥikmah, which literally means forbiddance and being stable, is an unchangeable knowledge, which guards human beings against ignorance and illogical deeds; Logic can be regarded as a powerful source of this knowledge. Besides this, God Almighty is a source of this knowledge, the knowledge which is bestowed to the prophets and infallibles. Ḥikmah includes believes, practical religious regulations (Aḥkām), and morality which lighten up logic. The Arabic translators chose the word Ḥikmah referring to Greece philosophy; therefore, the word Ḥikmah in philosophical books has been used to talk about a science which can be deduced through reasoning. This meaning has nothing to do with the Qurānic meaning of this word.  

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