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1 online resource (267 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; I THE CRADLE OF ISLĀM: PRE-ISLĀMITE ARABIA; 1. THE HEJĀZ; The Climate; The Nefūd; The Oases; 2. POPULATION; The Beduins; Their Portrait; Arabic Language and Poetry; Beduin Character; Hospitality; Courage; Tenacity; Anarchy; The Tribal Chief; Mekka; Government at Mekka; Commercial Life; Caravans; Site of Mekka; 3. RELIGION; The Ka'ba; No Idols; The Jews; The Christians; II MUHAMMAD: THE FOUNDER OF ISLĀM; 1. MEKKAN PERIOD; Muhammad's Youth; Marriage, Vocation; First Preaching; Failure, The Hijra; 2. MEDINESE PERIOD |
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Muhammad at MedinaThe Battles, Badr; Ohod; War of the 'Trench'; Diplomacy; Expulsion of the Jews; Defeat at Mūta; Conquest of Mekka; Last Successes; Death of Muhammad; His Succession; III THE QORĀN : THE SACRED BOOK OF ISLĀM; The Qorān; Its Authenticity; Present Form; Exegesis; Chief Commentaries; Mekkan Sūras; Medinese Sūras; Dogma in the Sūras; Legends of the Prophets; Christology; Eschatology; Influence of the Qorān; THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLĀM; The ' Shahāda'; The Theodicy of Islām; Prayer; The Zakāt; Fasting; The PilgriInage to Mekka; The Jehād; The Personal Statute; Other Prescriptions |
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IV THE' SUNNA', OR TRADITION OF ISLĀMThe Sunna; Its Importance; Complement of the Qorān; The Sunna of the ' Companions '; The Hadīth; Criticism; The ' Six Books '; V JURISPRUDENCE AND ISLĀMIC LAW; Origin; The ' Roots ' of Fiqh; Early Schools; Orthodox Schools; Their Methods; Differences; Casuistry; Modem Practice; Ijmā'; The Living Authority; Ijtihād; No Councils; The 'Ulemā; The Qādi; No Clergy; The Caliphate; VI ASCETICISM AND MYSTICISM OF ISLĀM; The Qorān and Asceticism; Sūfism; Christian Influence; Influence of Ghazālī; Other Influences; Deviations and Esoterism |
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The Inquisition and the SūfīsSūfī Fraternities; The ' Dhikr '; Music; Internal Organization of the Fraternities; The Chief Fraternities; Their Present Position; VII THE SECTS OF ISLĀM; Their Number; The Khārijites; The Shi'as; ' Kitmān ' or ' Taqiyya '; The Invisible Imām; The Imāmites of ' Twelvers '; The Mahdī; Divergences between Sunnis and Shi'as; Shī'a Exegesis; The Metoualis; The Zaidites; The Isma'īlīs; The Druses; The Nosairīs; The ' Alī-ilāhīs '; VIII REFORMISTS AND MODERNISTS; Reaction and Reform; Ibn Taimiyya; The Wahhābis; Ibn Sa'ūd; The Ahmadiyya; Bābism; Behaï'sm |
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' Abbās-EffendiThe Present-day Problem of the Caliphate; Nationalism; PanIslāmic Congress; Modernism; In India; In Egypt; In Turkey; Some Statistical Data; Future Prospects; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE QORĀN, PRINCIPAL VERSES EXPOUNDED OR QUOTED; INDEX |
| Summary |
First published in 1968 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136994302 |
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1136994300 |
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