Aql al-Fa'al

Aql al-Fa'al (Arabic: العقل الفعال, romanizedal-'Aql al-Fa'al) or Wahib al-Suwar[1] is a kind of reason in Islamic philosophy and psychology. It is considered as the lowest level of celestial intelligences.[2]

  1. ^ Azadpur, Mohammad (1 August 2011). Reason Unbound: On Spiritual Practice in Islamic Peripatetic Philosophy. SUNY Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-4384-3764-4.
  2. ^ Adamson, Peter (4 July 2013). Interpreting Avicenna: Critical Essays. Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-107-35445-6.