Ma`rifat Siyasi

Qur’anic anthropology requires accepting that humans possess an innate disposition (fiṭrah)—that is, humans have “specific inherent characteristics” that other beings lack. Given that any anthropological foundation can extend into dimensions of the human sciences (subject, aim, problems, and method), researchers in Islamic humanities, including political science scholars, face the question of whether accepting this anthropological foundation can have methodological implications for the human sciences. This research is based on the assumption that accepting the principle of innate disposition has the capacity to influence the method of the human sciences, including political science, and seeks to demonstrate this influence in three areas. The present study is organized using a descriptive-analytical method and, building on previous research, concludes that: first, holistic methods should be employed in the sciences; second, the methods of the human sciences (in keeping with the innate dimension of human beings) should be a mixed method (based on sources such as revelation alongside “fiṭrah”); and third, since fiṭrah is vulnerable to harm, the presence of a revelatory source is necessary in the method of the human and political sciences.