المرجعيات الفكرية للاسماعيلية من منظور الجابري ,

The intellectual references of Ismailism from the perspective of Al-Jabri

The Arab thinker, Muhammad Abed Al-Jabri, considered that the intellectual references on which the Ismailis relied in constructing their creed and ideological construction could be summed up in three references: the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, the philosophy of Ibn Sina, and the beliefs of the Fatimid state. an‎d the relationship of the Ismailis with the previous references seems ambiguous and ambiguous, and it needs in-depth research to prove this relationship. As there are no direct indications within the letters that cut off their Ismaili origin. Also, Ibn Sina, due to his residence for some time in Baghdad, never professed his Ismaili faith. With regard to the Fatimid state, it embraced the Ismaili faith in most of its eras, with the presence of eras that were from the displacement of the Twelver faith. This study is concerned with clarifying the relationship between the Ismaili faith and the previous three references. Al-Jabri argues that the letters have clear Hermetic roots, which had a clear impact on Ismailism. The philosophy of Ibn Sina is not devoid of mystical roots that he inherited from Al-Farabi and the philosophy of the Platonic breasts. If the letters of the Brethren of Purity existed in the Islamic intellectual space before the establishment of the Fatimid state, Ibn Sina’s philosophy was formed when the Fatimid state was at the height of its power after its occupation of Egypt in the year 358 AH. Thus, Ibn Sina has contributed to the transmission of the beliefs contained in the letters and their inclusion in the ideology of the Fatimid state. When we talk about the ideology of the Fatimid state, we bear in mind that this ideology has contributed greatly to Ismaili thought, which did not take its mature form until after its political realization in the Fatimid state. This issue also applies to the Epistles, which have been reinterpreted in such a way that they conform to the floating lines of Fatimid ideology. Thus, the relationship between the letters, the Ismailis, the Fatimid state and the philosophy of Ibn Sina becomes an intertwined and mutually influential relationship.