چکیده:
The question has always been raised throughout history whether human beings need to follow the prophets or divine revelation to achieve salvation. There will be no need, as some believe, to follow divine teachings once human beings reach intellectual maturity; however, others insist on the permanent need for Guidance from God due to inadequacy of human reason. In the third or fourth century AH, two thinkers from Rey with two different perspectives had a debate on the necessity of prophethood. One side of the debate was Abu Hatam Razi, the great Ismaili scholar who advocated the necessity of revelation and prophets; the other side was Muhammad b. Zakariyya Razi, a rationalist physician and philosopher, who allegedly assumes that all human beings are the same in terms of reason and that is why he sees no need for prophets to guide them. This debate, which took place in the presence of the ruler of Rey, is recorded by Abu Hatam in his book Proofs of Prophecy. Given that he is an Ismaili scholar, we explore Ismaili tenets in the analysis of his opinions. We provide an analysis of this debate, in addition to a brief presentation of the ideas of both thinkers on the position of reason and revelation, which helps us understand whether Muhammad b. Zakariyya is truly a heretic.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Comparative Evaluation of the Efficacy of Wisdom and Inspiration in Abu Hatam’s and Zakariyya Razi’s Opinions 1 Nayere Kazemi 2 Hooran Akbar Zade The question has always been raised throughout history whether human beings need to follow the prophets or divine revelation to achieve salvation.
One side of the debate was Abu Hatam Razi, the great Ismaili scholar who advocated the necessity of revelation and prophets; the other side was Muhammad b.
Zakariyya Razi, a rationalist physician and philosopher, who allegedly assumes that all human beings are the same in terms of reason and that is why he sees no need for prophets to guide them.
Zakariyya mentions in his book Spiritual Medicine on superiority of reason and what he says in this debate according to Abu Hatam‘s report.
In the following section, in addition to presenting Abu Hatam's perspective on reason and prophecy, more aspects of their debate will be discussed, especially whether Muhammad b.
Thus, what is understood from an examination of Abu Hatam's views on reason is that the truths and benefits of reason are transmitted to human beings only through prophets and it is impossible for men to achieve salvation without their help.
According to the Ismaili viewpoint on the issue of imamate, Abu Hatam considers the salvation of human beings in following the imams, who are able to understand and relate the true meaning of Sharia.
Zakariyya and clarification of their perspectives on this issue, and considering the fact that The Proofs of Prophecy is a self-written report by Abu Hatam and that no heretical book attributed to Muhammad b.