Islamic Studies

"The scientific context of the renaissance and the civilization project of Malek Bennabi is distinguished by its logic geometric foundations in the cultural approach and the rise of the nation to overcome its cultural stagnation. The paper seeks to provide a scientific confirmation on the concept that Bennabi logically examined the Qur’anic and Sunni notion in the cultural field and shed light on man, time, and place in light of the religious perspective of his identification.

The purpose of this research is to identify Malek Bennabi’s ideas about the reality of

"Malek Bennabi’s contribution to the construction of concepts, conceptions, and analytical tools reveals a process in dealing with culture that is very much needed in the kind of education concerned with shaping “a society’s common style from its savants to its peasants.” The present study aims at delineating the milestones of that process by uncovering the determinant elements of Bennabi’s theory of culture in accordance with the following considerations: in terms of his choices to define the concept of culture, in terms of his determining the sociological and pragmatic functions of culture,

"These are diseases which still inhabit the Muslim mind, such as superficiality, fragmented thought, superstition, the recall of the glories of the past, colonialism, and so on.

The role and the centrality of the religious idea in the renaissance of nations and the direction of human history are two factors that inhabited the heart of Malek Bennabi. This is evident in his written and inspired production and practice. This study aims to focus on the ways on how Malek Bennabi called and used the Qur’anic text in his book, The Conditions of the Renaissance, and his other innovations.

"The paper explores the religious idea of Malek Bennabi as a movement in the formation and analysis of human civilization throughout history, especially Islamic civilization. Malek Bennabi asserted that the formation of civilization is centered on the influence of the religious idea, which is intertwined with the interaction of a strong and effective relationship between man, place, and time.

"Spiritual motivation was among the most important renaissance factors which Malek Bennabi, being the pioneer in this field, focused on. Bennabi interpreted the inception of the Islamic civilization as based on spiritual factors, noting that whenever such a factor starts to languish, civilization, in turn, starts to become feeble as well, even if reason prevails. If spiritual motivation starts to break down, civilization starts to decline. This principle has applied to the Islamic civilization since its inception, weakness, and decline.

"The topic, “The Questions of Faith and the Civilizational Renaissance,” is an exploration of the bud or origin of civilization going back to the basis of conventional faith known in the revelation era. Due to the dissemination of different versions in the name of faith, I was obliged to clarify the reality of faith and distinguish between its real and fabricated forms. This exercise shows the difference between the knowledge of the faith and knowing faith so as to focus on that faith which leads to civilization.

"This paper deals with the subject of religion and faith in the book, The Conditions of the Renaissance, by Malek Bennabi. The effective religious spirit is at the origin and the end of civilizations. Civilizations “begin when history enters a certain religious idea or when history enters a certain moral principle.... When the spirit finally lost the hegemony that was on the instincts suppressed or forced to fight.” The man is broad-minded and considerate. He is a