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The cardinal epistemology of tawhid, meant here functionally as the unity of knowledge of the divine law is central to all forms of intellection in Islamic methodological worldview. The episteme of tawhidi unity of knowledge and its induction of the unifying and evolutionary learning world-system is formalized to relate to the goal of the universal balance, justice, and moderation termed as al-wasatiyyah. This connection is made via the medium of the objective and purpose of the tawhidi divine law of unity of knowledge and its induction in the unifying world-system by generality and details. This is the medium of maqasid as-shari’ah. This paper formalizes in methodological sense the model of the circular causal interrelationship between [T] awhid, al-[ w] asitiyyah, and [m] aqasid as-shari’ah. The resulting model of the Qur’anic origin, carrying with it the features of philosophical and mathematical intellection is both analytical and applied in nature. Several examples of particular problems are studied within the framework of the generalized theory of the T,W,M interrelations presented in this paper.
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Choudhury, M.A. (2016). Tawhid, Al-Wasatiyyah, and Maqasid As-Shari’ah . In: Absolute Reality in the Qur'an. Palgrave Series in Islamic Theology, Law, and History. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58947-7_5
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