The Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness is a contemporary philosophical-theological framework that seeks to bridge classical Islamic thought with global debates on consciousness. It begins from the Qur’anic affirmation: “When I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit…” (Qur’an 15:29). This divine breath is not understood merely as biological life, nor as an ineffable mystery, but as a direct infusion of information from God into the human being, a primordial programming of awareness.
Within this perspective, the Spirit (rūḥ) is defined as the divine system of information implanted in humanity, enabling learning, communication, freedom of choice, and the moral capacity to distinguish between right and wrong. Yet distinction alone is not sufficient: what truly characterizes human consciousness is the ethical decision to either return from error or persist in it. This act of conscious choice situates humanity at the heart of moral responsibility and freedom.
The school positions itself as a third paradigm alongside Ashʿarism and Muʿtazilism:
– Ashʿarism locates the source of morality in divine law.
– Muʿtazilism locates it in rational necessity.
– The Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness locates it in the divinely programmed fitrah, the primordial disposition shaped by God the Fāṭir—the Originator, understood here as the “First Programmer.” Within this system, reason interprets and activates awareness, while revelation guides and calibrates it.
By articulating this synthesis, the Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness places Islamic thought in direct dialogue with global philosophy: from Descartes’ cogito to Kant’s moral law, from phenomenological accounts of subjective experience to Eastern notions of cosmic awareness. It asserts that human consciousness is not a mere social construct or neurological accident, but a divinely embedded structure of awareness and responsibility.