TY  - JOUR
T1  - ‘Aql and Noble Character: A Review from A Scholarly Perspective
AU - Mat Akhir, Noor Shakirah 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 717
EP  - 724
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2012.717.724
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2012.717.724
KW  - `Aql
KW  -man
KW  -spiritual
KW  -character
KW  -scholars
KW  -desires
AB  - The academic discussion on ‘aql 
  from the Islamic perspective, refers to the spiritual ‘aql 
  and not the mainstream understanding of what we know as the brain. The ‘aql 
  is the ability to think that is innately found in man. It is spiritual in character 
  and is related to the other spiritual elements of man such as ruh (spirit), 
  qalb (heart) and nafs (desires). The discussion on ‘aql 
  is inevitably correlated to the debate on character (akhlaq). This, therefore, 
  means that the discussion on ‘aql 
  is difficult to comprehend. Nonetheless classical Islamic scholars have initiated 
  numerous discussions and have formed more than a few pathways which provided 
  the foundation to the following generations of Islamic scholars to deliberate 
  further and gain better understanding on ‘aql.
ER  -