Sources of Human Knowledge

Sources of Human Knowledge

1. Revealed Knowledge

   • Shariah (The Revealed Law)
     • Heart
     • Rulings (Hukm)
       • Commands(amr)
         • Indifferent (Mubaah)
         • Encouraged
           • Obligatory
           • Recommended
       • Prohibitions( nahy)
         • Forbidden
         • Reprehensible
     • Reports(Khabar)
       • Situation of the Cosmos
       • Situation of the Real
         • Can not be Known
           • His Essence
         • Can be Known
           • Unlikeness
           • Likeness

2. Acquired Knowledge

   • Unveiling/Gnosis
     • Divine self disclosure
   • Reflection
     • Reason
     • lead man to the understnding that he cannot reach Knowledge of God through his own Resources