TYPE O

MEANING OF WAHI TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

Al-Wahbi (revealed) gifted
-main underlying idea of inspiration directing or guiding -inspiration knowledge that comes from Allah which is
someone given to the messenger as a guidance to the human
-guidance in natural intuition (28:7)-mother of Mosses being
-without process of learning
-guidance in natural instinct (16:68)- -knowledge that sis develop by human being based on
revelation
 Al-Akshaba’i (non-revealed)
-knowledge which is developed based on human
reasoning
And thy Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills, on trees, and in (men's) -natural science
habitations
SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
-guidance by signs (19:11)
i. Revelation
ii. Dreams
-dreams that comes true ,something happened
after our dream
So Zakariya came out to his people from his chamber: He told them by signs to iii. Inspiration
celebrate Allah.s praises in the morning and in the evening. -major , instinct, knowledge that we get from
nature without learning
-guidance from God (8:12)-Lord inspired the Angels iv. Observation (reading and nature)
-natural phenomena, human phenomena
MEANS OF REVELATION

-special form of guidance from God for His creation, brought by I.

the Prophets, who received the word from God TYPE AND FORM OF REVELATION
 Al-Quran
-inspiration (37:102), Ibrahim received guidance in a vision while -the speech of Allah sent down upon the last Prophet
asleep to sacrifice his son Muhammad through the angel Gabriel in its precise
-speech hidden away (27:8) related that God spoke to Musa from meaning and precise wording, transmitted to us by
the fire numerous person (tawatur) both verbally in writing-
-inimitable and unique, protected by God form
-words (speech) sent through a special messenger from God corruption
(2:97), God sent Gabriel as the messenger to Muhammad to -Furqan, Tanzil, Dhikr,Kitab
receive His message -other references to the Quran is nur (light),
hudan(guidance), rahma(mercy), majid(glorious),
THE ORIGIN OF THE QURAN mubarak(blessing) and etc.
-from the lauh al mahfuz to the lowest of the heavens of the
world, all together, in the Laila al-qadr  Hadith
-narration, news, reports about the sunna of the
-from the heaven to earth, on stages 23 years of Muhammad’s Prophet Muhammad on what he said (Qaul), What
Prophethood, fist in the Laila al-qadr of Ramadan through Angel he did (Fi’il), What he silently approved(Iqrar) in
Gabriel (refer to : Sura al-Isra’ verse 17 and Sura al-Furqan verse others action, what he like (Sifa)
25) -difference between Quran and Hadith
1.the words of action from human being, not the
REASON AL-QURAN WAS SENT DOWN THROUGH STAGES speech of God like Quran
 to strengthen the heart of Prophet Muhammad 2. not necessarily reported in the precise wording as
whenever he need its guidance arose the Quran
 out of consideration-the first one was shocking to 3.not necessarily transmitted by tawatur (a
him numerous person)
 to gradually implement the law of Allah 4. not protected against corruption by Allah
 to make sure understanding, mesmerizing and
application easier to believers
  Hadith Qudsi  DEFINITIVE
-Qudsi means holy, pure -has clear/ specific meaning
-reports from the Prophet Muhammad where he relates -we can understand immediately
to the people what God has said or did, but this -it has only one meaning
information is not part of the Quran (Al Nur , 24:4)
-example : Abu Hurairah reported that Allah’s messenger
said
“Allah, Mighty and Exalted is He, said: If my servants like
to meets me, I like to meet him, and if he dislikes to  SPECTATIVE ( AYAT MUTASHABIHAT)
meet him, I dislike to meet him” -uncertain or resembling the another
-both Quran and Hadith Qudsi contain words from Allah -confusion, not really specific,
which have been revealed to Muhammad -There is need of tafsir to explain
-the differences: -best way to explain is through another ayat, awl, with
1. Quran the precise wording from Allah, HQ wording is hadith
given by Prophet Muhammad -example :
2. Quran brought to Muhammad by JIbril, HQ may have  at the opening of ayat
Ya Sin (Ya Sin, 36:1)
been inspired such as dream
 ayat related to the self of ALLAH
3. Quran transmitted tawatur, HQ only by few individual
( al-Fath, 48:10)
CHARACTERISTIC OF KNOWLEDDGE IN ISLAM

KNOWLEDGE AND TRUTH

 Al-Yakin-must be sure/firm ,no doubt
-ilmu yaqin(having known it from reading), Ainuyyaqin
(we have observed it), Haq yaqin (experience it by
yourself)
 Azzon-knowing something but have a slightly doubt
so that not very sure
-it can be prove by empirical (sense) or non-
empirical(revelation through Prophet), there must be a
reason to believe it
 Assyak-doubt and certainty-50%-50%
 Al-Wahmun-certain idea but no basis and no idea
about the things, no proof for that

IT IS HOLISTIC AND INTEGRAL IN NATURE

-combine together natural sciences and religion
-integrates knowledge and actions
-integrates knowledge and spirituality
-Integrates knowledge and ethics
-integrates knowledge and wisdom

THE ORIGIN OF ANY KNOWLEDGE IS FROM ALLAH SWT

-take from word Al-Alim
-He knows everything-the Unseen, in details
ITS EXISTENCE ON THE ELEMENT OF TRUTH (AL-HAQQ)
AND AL-YAQQIN

IT IS UNLIMITED IN NATURE
-realize the limitation of his knowledge and always learn
and evaluate his knowledge
-he should not be proud of his knowledge

DEFINITIVE KNOWLEDGE (QAT’I) & SPECULATIVE

KNOWLEDGE (ZANNI)