تشخيص ابن عاشور لتأخر التعليم والعلوم الإسلامية في كتابه "أليس الصبح بقريب؟!": بحث استقرائي وصفي نقدي

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This research sheds light on Ibn Ashour’s diagnosis of the backwardness of Islamic education and sciences in his book “Alays al subh bi-qaryb” (is it not that the morning is near).

It answers two questions: what are the causes of the backwardness of Islamic education and sciences based on Ibn Ashour’s diagnosis? To what extent is his diagnosis valuable? It adopts an inductive, descriptive and critical methodology: inducting the causes of the deficiency in Islamic education and sciences that have been diagnosed by Ibn Ashour in his book and presenting them in clear sectioning with criticism and evaluation.

The research reveals the extent of the depth of Ibn Ashour’s diagnosis, as he based it on historical study of Arabic and Islamic education.

That enabled him to go beyond the apparent causes of its backwardness and look at the underlying causes, which boil down to intellectual stagnation – in the late ages of the history of Islamic Umma – that hindered the effective responses to the challenges posed by the big transformations in these ages.

Not only that, but he also diagnosed the consequences of these causes: the decay in the education system, in authorship and in Islamic sciences.

The diagnosis is characterized by authenticity, depth, praiseworthy daring criticism, originality of a number of thoughts and highlighting crucial aspects with some practical thoughts of treatments.