Publisher's Synopsis
The humankind differs from all other living beings existed in the universe with his salient nature. Every religion and ideology presents its own concepts on what is the fundamental nature of the man. This research is concerned with the the meaning and interpretations of al-fiṭrah, the term which describes the Islamic concept of human nature, and its implications in Islamic theology. It is intended to seek answers in the Islamic tradition for the question how far the theology is concerned with the original nature of human being. The research primarily analyzes the meanings and interpretations of the term al-fiṭrah in Qur?an and Ḥadith. Secondly it deals with the Islamic concept of human nature which is termed as positive, dualistic and neutral as put forward by the legacy of Islamic scholarship. Mainly the research analyzes the implications of al-fiṭrah in theology related to certain issues such as recognition of God, human reason's capacity to recognize God, The objectivity or subjectivity of Good and Evil, inevitability of the prophets and the sources of his moral responsibility. The research concludes that the Islamic legacy of theology has considered the importance of human's original nature, his inborn capabilities and faculties like reason, as an inseparable factor in issues of theology concerning him.
