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This chapter is formed of two sections. The first section “interrogates” the classical theory of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa and critiques it on account of its ḥudūd-centeredness and its reducing of the function of Maqāṣid to mere “preservation” as compared to functions of “acquisition” and “promotion.” The second section moves from “interrogation” to “generation,” whereby it attempts to “generate” the overriding general objective of Islamic theology, namely, the objective that is invoked and observed across the entire body of Islamic theology, which, I argue, is the pursuit, perseveration, and promotion of Truth (al-Ḥaqq). In doing so, I draw, not “theological,” but “methodical” inspirations from the Kantian distinction between the “phenomenon” (the way we see things) and the “noumenon” (the-thing-in-itself), with a view to using theology as a “handmaiden” to the Ultimate Truth, as opposed to being employed as a “superintendent” to it. |
