The Transcendental Grounding of Muslim Political Thought

The paper provides a window into the overall progress of Islamic thought and examines different ideas that shaped political thinking among Muslim scholars. While the work does not provide a complete catalogue of the prevailing political ideas across the long history of Muslim political thought, it offers examples that reveal the main thrust of Islamic writing of political issues. As the paper illustrates, the various examples reveal that the main concerns of Islamic writers on issues of politics and power has always been to explore ways and means to translate the transcendental values elaborated in Islamic reveled sources to sociopolitical relations and political institutions.