Hakim Tirmizi's View on Knowledge

Termizi as a religious scholar and thinker who was largely aware of his milieu and era, showed a critical approach to scholars and sciences of his time. This negative approach accompanied a positive one introducing through which his conception of ideal cultural pattern of cognition. He compiled five works in this realm. Termizi as a critic of sciences of his era criticized the goal and motives of scholars and the cultural and social function of that sciences and scholars and their methods and subjects. His critique includes traditionists, ascetics, mystics, jurists and theologians. Thus he paved ground to lay down the ideal schema of science and religion. Consideringthe inward knowledge vis a vis outward one , he put emphasis upon esoteric aspect of knowledge calling it exalted wisdom and rightly faith. This transcendent goal can be reached by some spiritual conditions and characteristics accompanied by piety and asceticism. The fruits of these expresses themselves in personal and social life.