Ma`rifat Siyasi

Security is one of human’s most fundamental needs and has existed throughout the entire span of human history. Alongside the practical efforts of politicians and rulers to achieve security, intellectuals have continually sought theoretical approaches to attaining it. In addition to analyzing the nature of security, various schools of thought have proposed methods for achieving it. Islam does not restrict the sources of knowledge to reason and experience alone and also regards revelation as a reliable path to truth, so it offers a distinct understanding of existence, humanity, and the purpose of creation. Accordingly, it does not limit the meaning and end of human life to material affairs and worldly pleasures. From this perspective, Islam considers many prevailing analyses of security to be one-sided and incomplete and thus provides an alternative interpretation. This paper examines the distinctive analysis of security and its realization mechanisms in Islamic political wisdom and compares it with other intellectual traditions.