An Investigation into the Features and Types of Islamic Political Philosophy

The ideas of political philosophy have a direct role in the order of political life. Hence, this article tries to express the general orientation of Islamic political philosophy on some basic issues of politics by introducing political philosophy through its emphasis on its characteristics. it also tries by separating between different types of Islamic political philosophy, mentions to the capacity of each of them in building the political order of society. Islamic political philosophy refers to a series of political philosophical debates that are appropriate to Islam, and this relation is noteworthy in many points. the general features of Islamic political philosophy that it emphasize on: the relationship between theoritical and practical statement (hast-ha and bayadha), the human as civic being in-nature, the two human beings, natural and supernatural truths, the linkage of religion and politics, the linkage of morality and politics. however, Islamic political philosophy has found many approaches throughout history, each of which has unique characteristics and capacities. the peripatetic political philosophy, the illuminative political philosophy, the transcendent political philosophy, and the new Sadra (new transcendent) political philosophy are considered to be the well known types of Islamic political philosophy.