A Review of Sheikh Fazlullāh Noori and Ayatollāh Misbāh's Political Thought about Modern Concepts

New definitions of modern concepts entered into the intellectual's political discourse in Iran with the establishment of the Qajar dynasty and the travel to West by many academic intellectuals and elite of the time. The entrance of new definitions of a number of subjects like law, legislation, freedom and equality into political literature has made the clerics and religious scholars express their views in this respect.Using a descriptive-analytical method and making historical-library studies, the present paper studies Sheikh Fazlollāh Noor and Ayatollāh Misbāh's political views on the new definitions of modern concepts. The reason why the views of Ayatollah Misbah, one of the leading thinkers on political thoughts of Islamic republic along with the views of Sheikh Fazlollāh are investigated is that Ayatollāh Misbāh has stressed the idea of restoration of Islam despite the harsh criticisms sparked against him by some intellectual groups. Therefore, the acquaintance with these two personalities contributes to highlighting the idea of the present research and better understanding of the main issues. We can conclude that Sheikh Fazlollāh's and Ayatollāh Misbāh's thoughts are based on the restoration of Islam and the differences that exist in the style of treating various issues do not their suggest the sort of religious thoughts, rather, they can be justified on the grounds of the political literature of every period.