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  Conceptualizing Educational Thought of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

  Muheeb Ahad, Naseem Gul

  
  

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  Language	English
  Pages Nos :	1-10
  Volume :	6
  Issue :	2

  Title:

  Conceptualizing Educational Thought of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

  Author/s:

  Muheeb Ahad
  Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir
  Naseem Gul
  Coordinator & Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir

  Abstract:

  Syed Ahmed Ahmad Khan is considered as the harbinger of modern education amongst Muslim community of Indian sub-continent. Muslim scholars generally maintain the unanimous belief that it was due to Sir Syed’sindustrious toils that the spirit of modern education had been imbued in Muslim community who were hitherto aligned with traditional education. Sir Syed propagated and pursued the ideas of modern education as it was to him the sine quo non for the development and progress of nation. He believed that education is such a critical element of a society that plays a vital role in the construction of thought, belief and ideology of a nation. A society may eventually decay or even collapse if this aspect is not developed in the proper manner and in accordance with the demands of time. Sir Syed was a well-known towering personality who spent his entire life working to transport Muslim community to the novel realms of education. All his efforts were to make Muslims capable to cope with the modern day challenges. The current work is a modest attempt to provide readers with a thorough understanding of Sir Syed's educational ideas, his initial objectives of establishing educational institution, approaches to educational reform from the basic level and efforts to bring the various fields of knowledge together under a single roof

  Keywords:

  Education, Knowledge, Science, Reform, Quran, Scientific.

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  The Islamic root of sympathy based morality: A case study of Adam Smith, Darwin and their relation with the teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

  Prof. Muhammed Mumtaz Ali, Naseeb Ahmed Siddiqui

  
  

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  Language	English
  Pages Nos :	15-32
  Volume :	6
  Issue :	2

  Title:

  The Islamic root of sympathy based morality: A case study of Adam Smith, Darwin and their relation with the teaching of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)

  Author/s:

  Prof. Muhammed Mumtaz Ali
  Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion, Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia
  Naseeb Ahmed Siddiqui
  Doctoral Candidate, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Ontario Tech University, Canada

  Abstract:

  What brings morality into existence found extensive interpretation since ancient times and one is more persuading than the other. However, following the enlightenment’s empirical approach to which Darwin and Adam Smith turned their attention for every moral dilemma lies in the concept of Sympathy. Both the authors believe, though without logical proof but based on the observation that it is the innate consciousness of Sympathy towards fellow beings responsible for the judgment on morality. Adam smith combined the struggle and sentiments as the sole premise to judge an ethical approach in society. Darwin with his concept of the evolution struggled to explain that sympathy in human lineage evolved into social instincts that gave it a more general flavor, strict empiricism. The question this article formulates is that was the concept of morality based on sympathy was a new and Western concept?. Therefore, at first this article will detail the concepts of sympathy understood by Adam Smith and Darwin. It will highlight the process and situation behind such approach contextualizing the role of evolution. In the second part this article will discuss this concept of sympathy based morality in the teachings of the Prophet of Islam ,ﷺ where he not only understood the nature of human existence but also evolved a new Medinan society. Moreover, it shows the contrasts and similarities between Islamic and Western understanding of sympathy based morality. Hence, it opens a new window to look at intellectual heritage and their relations.

  Keywords:

  Morality and sympathy, Darwin and evolution, Adam Smith and the moral sentiments, Prophet of Islam and Morality, Reason and revelation

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