فصل المقال فيما بين الحكمة والشريعة من الاتصال - Fasl al-maqâl fîmâ bain ashsharî'ah wa al-hikmah min al-ittisâl

On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy

Author

Averroes

Language

Classical Arabic

Year

c. 1179

Country

al-Andalus

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Fasl al-Maqal fi ma bayn al-Hikma wa al-Shariah min Ittisal is an Islamic philosophical treatise written by Andalusian Muslim polymath and philosopher Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (1126–1198), in which the author "critically examine[s] the alleged tension between philosophy and religion" and concludes that philosophy is not in opposition to—and in fact, works in tandem with—Islamic thought. In the work, Averroes argues that some Muslims have an obligation to study philosophy, and that the subject should be considered an Islamic science. The work also contains several other unique ideas, including Averroes' assertion that the Qur’an should sometimes be read in a non-literal way. According to William Theodore De Bary and Ainslie Embree, On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy represents a "classic attempt to reconcile religion and philosophy."