Investigating the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Competing with the Human Mind from the Perspective of the Qur'an

For many years, the ability of artificial intelligence to compete with the human mind has been a fascinating subject in philosophy of mind. By examining the verses and deducing the anthropological principles of the Qur'an, one can determine the extent of the conformity of the theory of artificial intelligence with the general view of the school of Islam about man. The purpose of this paper is to compare the anthropological principles of the Qur'an with the general principles of the theory of artificial intelligence. Based on this comparison, it is made clear that there is a serious mismatch between the perspective of the Qur'an about the dimensions of human existence, his talents, capabilities, human- specific knowledge and the strong version of the theory of artificial intelligence. The Qur'an calls man the “vicegerent of Allah”, whose soul receives divine revelations and has the ability to reach the station of Divine Nearness, while the theory of artificial intelligence considers human and his mind entirely material and, based on all mental activities in the brain, regards the imitation of all the brain activities by a machine as quite possible.