The views of contemporary Iranian thinkers on the decline of Islamic civilization

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Jahanbakhsh  Savagheb ¹ (Lorestan University)

Received: 2021-11-01 Accepted : 2022-02-14 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Decline, Islamic civilization, Contemporary Iranian thinkers, Internal factor, External factor,

Abstract :

The category of stagnation and decline of Islamic civilization, such as its rise and prosperity and greatness, has been considered by many Muslim and non-Muslim thinkers, and each of them has discussed the causes and factors in the study of this decline. Some have explored these factors intra-structurally; That is, the factors that negatively affected it from within Islamic society; And some have paid attention to extra-structural factors; That is, the events that entered the Islamic civilization from outside and caused its decline. In this article, descriptively-analytically, by asking the question, what factors have considered contemporary Iranian thinkers to affect the decline of Islamic civilization? Has raised the views of some of these thinkers in response to this question.Research findings show that these thinkers did not attribute the decline to Islam; Rather, it has been linked to the various doctrinal, behavioral, and moral deviations that have occurred in Islamic society among rulers and Muslims. External factors have also been considered effective in this decline, which has been due to the favorable internal conditions of Islamic society.