Islamic resistance and its relationship with the philosophy of history from the point of view of Nahj al-Balagha
Authors
Najaf Lakzaee, Ahmad Gholamali, Seyed Mohammadali Masoudi
Abstract
With the aim of consolidating the theoretical foundation of Islamic resistance (goal), this article has tried to extract the model of Islamic resistance from the transcendental perspective of Imam Ali (a.s.) by referring to Nahj al-Balagheh (source). In this regard, it seemed that the general view of the historical philosophy of Imam Ali (AS) and its theoretical elements provide a very suitable platform for the explanation of resistance. Based on this issue, the present article is “Knowledge of the place of resistance in the theory of historical philosophy of Imam Ali (AS)” (Problem) By applying the analytical and inferential method and exploring the thematic correlation of the research data (Method), this conclusion was reached that Imam Ali (AS) ) consider history to be purposeful and law-based and the divine traditions governing history as the only valid measure for analyzing history. Historical traditions show a kind of circulation in the course of history with the axis of opposition between right and wrong (reason and ignorance) and resistance plays a role as an irreplaceable element in this pattern. The resistance can be divided into two major stages before the death (prior resistance) and after it (posterior resistance) and the abandonment of resistance is the cause of the downward movement of history and the return of faith societies to ignorance. (Findings)