Security in Fārābi and Muhaqeq Tusi's Thoughts

Security is an extremely important and developing term. It has, for long, been a subject of speculation in the politico-social life of all societies. The term security and its derivatives are mentioned in various occasions in the Qur’an and many Islamic sources. Ibu Nasr al-Fārābi and Khāwjah Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, two great Iranian thinkers and philosophers, have delved into this topic. Given the special significant status security has in Islamic thought and practice, the article explores the two thinker’s view concerning security and the mechanisms of ensuring it, and shows that there is homogeneity between their thoughts, stressing that their views are not abstract but normative in this regard. He also points out that some of their new and novel ideas correspond to current thinkers’ views.