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An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

DOI

10.35552/0247.39.4.2333

Abstract

Objectives: There are many references that specialize in Miskawayh's moral philosophy, especially books, as well as precise and specialized research, while we did not find this interest among researchers in the subject of historical criticism at Miskawayh, except for a few published and peer-reviewed scientific researches, which covered limited aspects about his approach to writing history, and his style in recording the narratives of the first sedition was absent from them, especially during the reign of Othman bin Affan, and what happened during the reign of Ali bin Abi Talib, as well as Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan, and did not shed light on his approach when dealing with the personality of Omar bin Al-Khattab, and his role in the wars of apostasy and conquests, and Miskawayh was distinguished from others in recording the movement of the conquests of Persia. Methodology: Previous studies did not address the historical method of Miskawayh in depth, but rather it was more like a quick browse that included analyzing the contents of the indexes of the volumes of his book Experiences of Nations, and regurgitating the introduction that Miskawayh wrote, in which he had talked about the reasons for writing his book, which put the researcher in front of a real challenge, pushing him to re-read the material again, sort out everything related to the historical criticism method of Miskawayh, transcribe its contents onto papers, re-read it again, and re-classify and categorize it, so that this contributed to forming a backbone that shows everything that distinguished Miskawayh in terms of historical criticism, and comparing it to other methods and approaches, especially the historical documentation method of al-Tabari. Results: The contents of his book, The Experiences of Nations, indicate that he did not mention anything about the origin of creation, and began his book by mentioning the history of the Persian state of Vishdadin, and was interested in Persian culture, and did not expand on the history of early Islam except with what is related to the history of Persia, and was interested in the history of the messengers and kings, and did not mention anything about the miracles and policies of the prophets, so he was satisfied in the prophetic era with mentioning the battles of Hunayn and the Trench.

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