This volume constitutes a comprehensive history and analysis of Islam - its history, its conflicts, its legacy - and its prospects. It traces the development of Islam as a religion and as an intellectual tradition, offering an introduction to the faith and an argument for its future direction.
In this book the author writes a general work on the medieval Islamic educational system, with its major features and deficiencies, and on the modernization efforts undertaken during the past century or so.
In this work, Rhaman confronts today's perception of Islamic fundmentalism and proceeds to reassess it. He returns to medieval Islam, considering topics like Islamic politics, law and Sufism in a study of the original nature of fundamentalism.
Fazlur Rahman (1919-88), one of the most important Muslim scholars of the twentieth century, devoted his career to helping students understand the Qur'an's teachings about God, man, and society. Back in print for a new generation of students and scholars to discover, "Major Themes of the Qur'an" is his introduction to one of the richest texts in ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Iqra Pub
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780958417686ISBN:0958417687
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Trade Size Paperback, Condition is Near Fine, Mild Wear to book. Gift Quality. Book pages clean. No markings in book. Binding is tight. Covers bright and clean. Sticker on front ISBN 0958417687Islam to the Modern Mind draws from the lectures the eminent scholar gave in South Africa in 1970 and 1972, and deals with three broad themes; a deeper understanding of the basic principles of Islam, an Islamic response to the intellectual challenges of the twentieth ... read more
Binding: orig wrappers
Publisher: Aligarh Muslim University
Date Published: (1976-1980)
Description: Tears & chips to spine. Cover stain. Rubbed. Good. 24x16cm, ( 968 ) pp, TWO VOLUMES. Consists of a 24pp English preface + viii, 308, (33)pp [Vol. 1] + xii, 582pp [Vol. 2] entirely i. The Subhat al-Marjan fi Asar Hindustan of Saiyid Gulam 'Ali Azad b. Saiyid Muhammad Nuh Husain Wasiti Bilgrami Hanafi Chishti [1116-1199 A.H. ], " distinguished scholar...biographer, linguist, and, above all, probably the most important Arabic poet ever born in India". This work was written in 1177 A.H. [1763-64 A ... read more
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