This article aims to draw on the ‘Qur'anic Rationalism’ of Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyya (1263–1328) in elucidating an Islamic epistemology of theistic natural signs, in the lens of contemporary philosophy of religion. In articulating what Ibn Taymiyya coins ‘God's method of proof through signs (istidlāluhu taʿālā bi'l-āyāt)’, it seeks aid in particular from the work of C. Stephen Evans and other contemporary philosophers of religion, in an attempt to understand the relevance and force of this alternative to natural theology within the Islamic tradition. In doing so, it aims to respond to existing criticisms of Ibn Taymiyya's perspective in the literature, and to consider the implications of a Taymiyyan reading of theistic natural signs, on the epistemic function of Qur'anic āyāt as theistic evidence.

本文旨在借鉴 Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyya（1263-1328 年）的“古兰经理性主义”，从当代宗教哲学的角度阐明有神论自然符号的伊斯兰认识论。在阐明 Ibn Taymiyya 所创造的“上帝通过符号证明的方法 ( istidlāluhu taʿālā bi'l-āyāt )”时，它特别寻求 C. Stephen Evans 和其他当代宗教哲学家的著作的帮助，以试图理解这种替代自然神学在伊斯兰传统中的相关性和力量。这样做的目的是回应现有文献中对 Ibn Taymiyya 观点的批评，并考虑 Taymiyyan 对有神论自然符号的解读对古兰经āyāt的认知功能的影响作为有神论的证据。