Arabo Islamic Philosphy

Question 1

When did the Abbasid period start and end?

Answer 1

750 to 1258 (half a millennium)

Question 2

Abu ’l-‘Abbas ‘Abd Allah is known as ?

Answer 2

‘alSaffah’ (lit. ‘the blood spiller’)

السفاح

Question 3

Baghdad: is known as ?

Answer 3

“The City of Peace”

Madinat al-Salam

Question 4

Abu Ja‘far Muhammad ‘alMansur’ and Harun b. al-Mahdi,

‘al-Rashid are?

Answer 4

Abbasids

Question 5

Bayt al-Hikma “House of Wisdom”

was founded by?

Answer 5

‘Abd Allah b. al-Rashid, ‘al-Ma’mun’

Question 6

Who was the first director and scholar of Bayt Al-Hikma? and he was the teacher of?

Answer 6

court physician and scholar Yuhanna bin Masawayh

Hunayn b. Ishaq

Question 7

Who was considered the greatest
scholar in the entire history of
the translation movement in
Islam?

Answer 7

Hunayn b. Ishaq

Question 8

Hunayn b. Ishaq is also called?

Answer 8

Joannitius

Question 9

Hunayn b.Ishaq is a ?

Answer 9

Iraqi Nestorian translator,

scholar, physician and scientist.

Question 10

Who was the director of the Bayt al-Hikma

after Yuhanna bin Masawayh?

Answer 10

Hunayn b. Ishaq

Question 11

Hunayn b. Ishaq translated more than --
works. He was awarded an
amount of ---- equivalent to
the weight of the books
translated.

Answer 11

31

gold

Question 12

Hunayn ibn Ishaq was accompanied by his son

———— and his nephew ———-

Answer 12

Ishaq b. Hunayn

Hubaysh

Question 13

It was quite normal at times for Hunayn to translate
—– material into ——-, and have his nephew
finish by translating the text from Syriac to
————.

Answer 13

Greek
Syriac
Arabic

Question 14

The —— were able to assimilate almost the
whole of ancient learning (Greek philosophy and
science, Persian literary and political wisdom and
Indian medicine and mathematics).

Answer 14

arabs

Question 15

———— was the last of the great

schools of Classical pagan philosophy.

Answer 15

Neoplatonism

Question 16

A synthesis of ———, —————–,
————–, and —————-, which
provided an esoteric interpretation of
classical Greek Paganism, it incorporated
philosophy, mysticism and theosophy.

Answer 16

Platonism, Aristotelianism,

Stoicism, and Pythagoreanism

Question 17

For– centuries it served as a last bastion of
Pagan wisdom and Esoteric philosophy in
an increasingly hostile ——- dominated
empire.

Answer 17

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Christian

Question 18

The Neoplatonic doctrine was originally
-----------; however through the centuries
other metaphysical systems were
absorbed into it until it became a
----------------doctrine.

Answer 18

Greek

heterogeneous

Question 19

Principally Neoplatonism is a type of idealistic
————. It states the ultimate reality of
the universe is held by an infinite, perfect
—-.

Answer 19

monism

one

Question 20

Al Kindi is a ——-,——-, and ——- born in ——-

Answer 20

polymath
mathematician
physician
Kufa

Question 21

“The Philosopher of

the Arabs” is?

Answer 21

Al Kindi

Question 22

Greek Philosphy had a far reaching impact on ——- intellectual and ——– life in the ninth century, as it gave fresh impetus to the scholarly examination of ——–

Answer 22

islamic
cultural
dogma

Question 23

It was —————– who first
introduced Greek philosophy and underscored its
conformity with the Qur’anic world view.

Answer 23

Abu Yusuf Ya’qub al-Kindi

Question 24

Abu Bakr al-Razi followed

—— and ——- in philosphy

Answer 24

Plato and Socrates

Question 25

—— later influenced the ‘Brethren

of Sincerity/Purity’

Answer 25

Al Razi

Question 26

The Brethern of purity/sincerity (Ikhwan al-Safa)
• Believed in the unity of philosophy and
religious truth —– and other religions
• Dedication to the study of —-
• The most unusual of religious philosophical
groups of ——.

Answer 26

islam
math
islam

Question 27

Who are the foremost representatives of Islamic

Neoplatonism?

Answer 27

Al-Farabi and Ibn Sina

Question 28

Al Farabi and Ibn Sina scarified large portion of
——- belief in the interest of greater
consistency

Answer 28

islamic

Question 29

They formulated a theory of the origination
of the universe in direct conflict with the
———— concept of creation ex ——– (from
nothing).

Answer 29

Qur’anic

nihilo

Question 30

Among Al Farabi’s famous works is?

Answer 30

al-Madinat al-Fadila (The

Virtuous City)

Question 31

Al Farabi wrote on —–, —–, ———, ——, ——–, and ———— on earlier philosophers.

Answer 31

logic
music
metaphysics
ethics
politics
commentaries

Question 32

Who was known to the Arabs as the ‘Second

Teacher’ (after Aristotle), and with good reason?

Answer 32

Al-Farabi

Question 33

Under the influence of Neoplatonism, he formulated
an emanationist theory of the origin of the world,
which seems to have replaced the concept of
creation ex——– in his metaphysics.

Answer 33

nihilo

Question 34

Ibn Sina is known as what in english?

Answer 34

Avicenna

Question 35

Influenced by al-Farabi, Ibn Sina
adopted and adapted the theory
of ———– (al-fayd).

Answer 35

emanation

Question 36

Among his famous works: The
Canon of Medicine “————” which is a —volume
Arabic medical encyclopedia.

Answer 36

Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb

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Question 37

—————- ( d. 1191) exploited to the
full Ibn Sina’s tendency towards ———-. His
philosophy is closer to ———– (Islamic mysticism) and is
called al-falsafa al-ishraqiyah or illuminationism.

Answer 37

Shihab al-Din al-Sahrawardi
mysticism
sufism

Question 38

Who is the Founder of the Illuminationist
philosophy or ‘Oriental
philosophy’ (Falsafat al-Ishraq)?

Answer 38

al-Suhrawardi

Question 39

Al- Suhrawadi is sometimes given the
honorific title shaykh -------- or
“Master of Illumination” and
sometimes is called al-Shaykh --------, the “murdered shaykh”, referring to his execution for
heresy.

Answer 39

al-ishraq

almaqtul,

Question 40

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali al-Tusi was called?

Answer 40

“Hujjat al-Islam” (The Proof of Islam)

Question 41

In his famous work Tahafut al-Falasifa (Incoherence of the

philosophers) he argued against Neoplatonism. Who is he?

Answer 41

Abu Hamid Al Ghazali

Question 42

In general al-Ghazali argues against
those advocating:
1.The ----------- of the world
2.--------- lack of knowledge of particulars
3.The denial of bodily ---------

Answer 42

eternity
God’s
resurrection

Question 43

Interest in philosophy and science began during the reign of the —— Umayyad ruler Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Rahman.
The process of assimilating ancient learning, however, was during the reign of ——— who tried to vie with his Abbasid rivals.

Answer 43

fith

al-Mustansir

Question 44

The major Andalusian philosophers are:

Answer 44

Ibn Bajah or (Avempace)
Ibn Tufayl (d. 1185)
Ibn Rushd (Averroes)

Question 45

Ibn Rush is known as what in English?

Answer 45

Averroes

Question 46

His detailed commentaries on
Aristotle earned Averroes the
title “——————”

Answer 46

The Commentator

Question 47

“Tahafut al-Tahafut” is a detailed
and careful refutation of ———— earlier work Tahafut
al-Falasifa (Incoherence of the philosophers)

Answer 47

alGhazzali’s

Question 48

Ibn Rushd was born in and died in?

Answer 48

Born in Cordoba

died in Marrakesh

Question 49

Ibn Tufayl appointed Ibn Rushd as a ?

Answer 49

judge (qadi) in

Seville.

Question 50

Ibn Rushd was Chief qadi in ——

Answer 50

Cordoba

Question 51

Ibn Rushd’s interest in harmonizing
philosophy and dogma because he
was a ——

Answer 51

judge

Question 52

Ibn Rushd Lost favor and was exiled, his books were burnt during the reign of ———, the son and successor of Abu Ya‘qub.

Answer 52

al-Mansur

Question 53

Ibn Rushd’s famous works?

Answer 53

1. Fasl al-Maqal (Relation of Philosophy and Religion)
2. Al-Kashf ‘an Manahij al-Adilla (Methods of Proof
   Concerning the Beliefs of the Community)
3. Tahafut al Tahafut ( The incoherence of the
   Incoherence)