The Indexes of Human's Wisdom and Epistemic Progress in the Viewpoint of Islam

The common human development index (HDI) is based on a particular narrow view to human beings. By concentrating on the pecuniary welfare of the human beings, it disregards the spiritual aspect of their life as the most fundamental aspect of their existence. Islam's paying attention to this aspect of human life has also made an effect on the approach to the material aspect of his life in both of the individual and social spheres and to their complementing role in the course of progress. The proposed Islamic Human Progress Index has focused on four measures of religiosity, wisdom and knowledge, freedom and dignity, and earning one's livelihood. Such an approach, besides improving the traditional HDI measures, considers paying attention to such criteria as religion, knowledge, freedom and dignity necessary. Using a descriptive-analytical method and utilizing the library resources, we consider the rationale and criterion of choosing the proper measure, and, reviewing the progress foundations in the viewpoint of Islam, we propose some indicators for measuring the criterion of wisdom and knowledge.