The Role of the Quran in Flourishing Intellectual and Philosophical Life of Islamic Civilization

The role of Islamic Philosophy and Philosophers in flourishing Islamic civilization is unavoidable, and the role of the Quran in forming Muslims’ intellectual and philosophical thought is of the most important questions and issues. It seems comprehensiveness of the Quran in introducing universal teachings for setting the foundation of human’s real happiness gives the book the power to render and explain some philosophical teachings concerning theology, anthropology, ethics, politics and society which they have guided Muslim thinkers including preachers and philosophers. Hence, considering the philosophical system of the early Muslim philosophers, such as Farabi and Ibn Sina, provides ample evidence of the effects of the Quran on their philosophical system among which the most important ones are centrality of theistic ontology and special manifestations of epistemology. By paying special attention to universal virtues of the Quran and mentioning some of its philosophical teaching, the current paper aims to examine the effects of the Quran on such Islamic philosophers as Farabi and Ibn Sina in order to show the fact that Islamic philosophy, in spite of some its non-Islamic sources, has gotten its Islamic virtue only in the light of philosophical and intellectual teachings of the Quran.