Ma`rifat Siyasi

This article examines Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi’s view on political philosophy and compares it with those of Islamic and Western philosophers. After examining four different definitions, he considers political philosophy as a science that explains the foundational principles of the problems of political science. In comparison, Islamic philosophers such as Fārābī regarded political philosophy as a branch of civil science (al-‘ilm al-madanī) and a means for realizing a virtue-centered society. Among contemporary Western philosophers, two main approaches exist: some view it as a branch of theoretical philosophy, while others consider it a sub-discipline of moral philosophy. The article shows that Ayatollah Misbah Yazdi adopts a practical and operational approach to political philosophy aimed at solving problems related to political knowledge, offering an efficient model for the production of Islamic political knowledge. This perspective seeks to strengthen the discourse of Islamic humanities and has considerable potential for resolving both theoretical and practical problems of the Islamic political system.