نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 نویسنده مسئول، مدیر گروه فقه پزشکی قانونی مرکز تحقیقات پزشکی قانونی و دانش آموخته جامعه المصطفی العالمیه قم، ایران
2 استاد جامعه المصطفی العالمیه، قم، ایران
3 عضو فرهنگستان علوم پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران، تهران، عضو گروه توسعه فناوری سلامت دانشگاه علوم پزشکی، قم، ایران، مدیر گروه قرآن و بهداشت و سلامت جامعه المصطفی، قم، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Objective: The philosophy of medical science, as a second-order discipline, undertakes a reflective and meta-theoretical inquiry into the nature, purpose, and methodology of medical knowledge. Given the pivotal role of medicine in promoting human well-being and the necessity of clarifying its philosophical foundations, this study adopts an innovative approach by examining medical knowledge through the lens of Qurʾānic verses and Islamic narrations. Its objective is to identify the relationship between religious teachings and the philosophical underpinnings of medical science, and to articulate a religious framework for understanding medical knowledge.
Method: The research employs a descriptive–analytical method and draws upon interdisciplinary, library-based sources, incorporating both Qurʾānic verses and transmitted traditions. While the Qur'an and the narrations do not explicitly present a formal philosophy of medicine, they articulate foundational principles, values, and metaphysical commitments that undergird medical knowledge.
Results: The findings are organized into three principal axes: the nature (whatness) of medical science, its purpose (whyness), and its mode of operation (howness) from the perspective of the Qurʾān and narrations. Numerous Qurʾānic verses address issues related to health and hygiene, thereby providing essential principles for the formation of what has been termed “Islamic medicine.” The most significant foundations related to medical knowledge in these sources are ontological and epistemological in nature. Among the ontological foundations are the createdness of the universe by God and His comprehensive sovereignty over all affairs. Two contrasting outlooks toward reality—a reductionist view confined to the material world and a holistic view encompassing all levels of existence—yield fundamentally different conceptions of health. Within the epistemological domain, medical knowledge extends beyond worldly well-being to encompass eschatological health. The order of existence is structured upon the principle of health and the prevention of illness, and the scope of health is remarkably expansive, extending from birth to post-mortem existence. This dimension is examined in the discussion of the purpose of medical science, where its necessity, aims, and ultimate ends are analyzed.
Conclusion: Health, in this framework, is not merely the absence of physical disease but includes spiritual well-being. Indeed, the essence of health is understood as equilibrium among bodily, psychological, and spiritual dimensions. In considering the modality of medical science from the perspective of Qurʾānic verses and narrations, principles such as belief in the law-governed and optimal structure of the cosmos, as well as the efficacy of supplication and communion with God in shaping human destiny, are emphasized as factors contributing to human health
کلیدواژهها [English]
یزدی، مرتضی، دانستنیهای پزشکی، تهران، ج3، شرکت نشر نقد افکار. 1364
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