EPISTEMOLOGY :
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Epistemology,or theory of knowledge,is the central core of any word-view. it is the parameter which delineates what is and what is not possible within the purview of Islam, what is possible to know and ought to be known, what is possible to know but is better avoided, and what is simply not possible to know .Epistemology seeks to define knowledge,distinguish it principal varieties,identify its sources and establish its limits, what can we know and how do we know ?"are questions central to epistemology, but these are not merely philosophical questions.They have a strong bearing in concrete reality:the response to these questions has implications for every aspect of human activity.
Indeed, the Quranic concept of "Knowledge" commonly translated as "ILM" orignaly shaped the main features of muslim civilization and guided it towards its zenith. Then as it should be now, Knowledge shaped the muslim mode of thought and inquiry. It determines how muslim can best preceive reality and shape and develop a just society. Knowledge is the glue that binds the Muslim Society with its envoirement, Hence giving Islam a dynamic, living form However, while the scholors and intellectuals of the classical period recognized that Knowledge was concept on which rested the very foundations of the muslim civilisation, and that it was an all pervasive value, contemporary scholars, both modernists and traditionalists, are largely oblivious to the key role that epistemology plays in shaping a society.
