Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Islamic Studies and Quranic Research in the Contemporary World

Explanation of the model of the Islamic world-city in the thought of Seyyed Jamaluddin Asadabadi

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD student in Urban Planning and Design, Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Since ancient times, many thinkers and reformers have sought to create and identify environmental coordinates for human life. These coordinates, within the framework of human worldview and life goals, have sometimes been presented generally as guidelines for living and how to regulate social relations, human interaction with nature, and their own creations; and sometimes in the form of a general idea and model of the ideal city, with names such as the Virtuous City by Farabi, and Utopia by figures like Plato, Suhrawardi, Thomas More, Augustine, and others. Seyyed Jamal al-Din Asadabadi created a great transformation in the field of Muslim thought and thought in the middle of the 19th century. This transformation was the emphasis on applying philosophy and creating a social and problem-solving perspective on the Quran with an emphasis on wisdom. This qualitative research seeks to discover Seyyed Jamal al-Din Asadabadi's utopia through his works and thoughts and seeks to answer the question of what structure his utopia had and what are its urban elements? The results of the research indicate that his utopia is not actually limited to a city, and includes a three-level structure including the Islamic metropolis, Islamic countries, and cities. The forming elements of Seyyed Jamal al-Din's utopia, based on his thoughts on unity, awareness, education, and production, include leadership, parliament, executive branch, courthouse, press, mosques, schools, spaces for discussion, and so on
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Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 7
August 2025
Pages 248-284

  • Receive Date 01 December 2024
  • Revise Date 01 March 2025
  • Accept Date 11 March 2025
  • First Publish Date 14 March 2025
  • Publish Date 23 August 2025