Islamic philosophical tradition tend these days to criticize the very

notion of “prophetic philosophy” and want to separate philosophy

from prophecy а la the modern West, a notable number of American

philosophers, have now joined the society of Christian philosophers,

while interest in Jewish philosophy as a living philosophy is also on

the rise in the West. In such a context the continued living presence

of the Islamic philosophical tradition, which has always functioned in

a world dominated by prophecy, can also be of interest as living

philosophy to Western philosophers in quest of the resuscitation of

Jewish or Christian philosophy. Furthermore, this study can perhaps

also be of some help to certain Muslims who are philosophically inclined

but who have become severed from their own philosophical

tradition without having forsaken the reality of prophecy.