Al Farabi (Alpharabius) Quotes ?

[LeftEyeNine]

I have failed to verify the integrity of the quote supposedly belonging to Al Farabi that goes (roughly translated):

"Prophets are not ones who are blessed with divine revelations, they are merely ones with powerful imaginations"

Anybody with a specific interest on the Islamic philosopher ?

[Oene]

I've never heard this quote before.

[LeftEyeNine]

Hrm, yet another internet faux maybe.

Thank you.

[Hax]

Perhaps misattributed. Although al-Farabi's philosophy concerning the differences between reason and revelation is well-known, he wasn't as vehemently anti-religious as al-Razi, for example.

[gaelic cowboy]

Ibn al-Rawandi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Rawandi) found this googling about sounds like the guy yer on about

[LeftEyeNine]

Ibn al-Rawandi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Rawandi) found this googling about sounds like the guy yer on about

I was always interested in "heretics", so that's a great lead of knowledge you've revealed for me, mister, hats off to you.