جدید مغربی فلسفوں پرمحمد رفیع الدین کا نقد: "قرآن اور علم جدید" کا اختصاصی مطالعہ

Muhammad Rafī-ud-Dīn’s Critique of Modern Western Philosophy: A Study of "Quran aur ʻIlm-i-Jadīd"

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the critique of Dr. Muhammad Rafī-ud-Dīn (1904-1969), a prominent Muslim theorist and philosopher of subcontinent, on modern Western philosophies in his "Quran aur ʻIlm-i-Jadīd". The referred book contains very useful discussions on six modern Western theories that are: the theory of evolution by Charles Darwin, theory of Instinct by William McDougall, the theory of Unconscious/ID (Sexuality) by Sigmund Freud, the theory of Unconscious/ID (Love of Superiority) by Alfred W. Adler, Socialism by Karl Marx and Nationalism by Machiavelli. The research focuses Muhammad Rafī-ud-Dīn’s general impression regarding under discussion Western philosophies, his method to deal with their challenge and his relevant arguments from the Quran. It finds that Muhammad Rafī-ud-Dīn’s study was in fact an attempt to restore the attractiveness and appeal of Qur’ānic thought, which had become blurred by modern philosophical ideas. To him, these modern philosophical and scientific theories are not invalid in all respects rather their some aspects are in accordance with Qur’ānic concepts.