الصلة بين الدين و الحضارة عند مالك بن نبي

الملخص EN

The thesis studies and displays the views of Malik Binnabi with regard to religion and civilization on the one hand, and the relationship between religion and civilization and the features common to them, on the other hand.

the thesis thus shows how religion affects civilization and vice versa.

Malik Binnabi argues that religious thought (precisely, the role played by the unseen world in the material movement) affects civilizations more particularly than the otherwise.

the religious thought is responsible for transmitting the elements of civilization ; namely, man, soil and time.

for this reason, the religious thought is the prevalent element on the human communities that yearn for development and progress.

in plainer words, it is the structure of the fecund entity composed of the trinity of man, soil and time that is responsible for the building of civilizations and the achievement of prosperity, provided that the spirit is the prevalent.

once this atmosphere is there, the relationship between religion and civilization becomes inseparable and conjoined, as is stated by Malik Binnnabi.

he, in addition to some other Muslim religious scholars, believes in the existence of such relationship (i.e.

religion-civilization relationship), while some other Muslim and western scholars have denied this relationship to be existent.

moreover, some of them even argue that there is a big contrast between the two.

for Malik Binnabi, he believes that religion is a key and most effective factor of the building of civilizations.

he thus explores that the majority of human civilizations were established on religious foundations.

their people believed in a certain religion and acted upon it.

therefore, religion is the prevalent and the basic element in the building and establishment of all civilizations.

then, if religion (or religious thought) is missing, no true civilization can be built.

rather, human activity turns into mere instincts.

and, as a consequence, dispute arises, intelligence fails to find itself a place, religious positions come to an end, civilization starts to collapse, the pillars thereof is degenerated, and finally civilization fades away and ceases to exist.