Author: M M Sharif
Editor: M M Sharif
Publisher: LP Publications
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 1792
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175363371
Description
This 2-volume set gives to the reader a correct idea of the real source of Muslim philosophy and enables him to view this philosophy in its true perspective.
Muslim philosophy like Muslim history in general has passed through five different stages. The first stage covers the period from the first/seventh century to the fall of Baghdad — under the heading “Early Centuries” This is followed by a shock-absorbing period of about half a century. Its third’ stage is that of its second flowering treated under the heading “Later Centuries”. It covers the period from the beginning of the eighth/ fourteenth to the beginning of the twelfth/eighteenth century. The four stage is that of the most deplorable decline covering a century and half. This is in the trust sense the Dark Age of Islam. With the middle of the thirteenth/nineteenth century begins its fifth stage covering the period of the modern Renaissance. Thus, in the course of its history, Muslim philosophy has had two rises and two falls and is now showing clear signs of a third rise.
During the first period of its greatness Muslim philosophy shows four distinct lines of thought. The first is the theological-philosophy line, the second is mystical, the third philosophical and scientific, and the fourth is that taken by those who are called the "middle-roaders". The same line of thought running through the second rise of Islam is traced in order to bring it in clear contrast with the first. During both of these period of Islamic rise, considerable activity is noticeable in other disciplines.
The period of modern renaissance in Islam is marked by political struggle for emancipation from foreign domination and freedom from conformism in both life and thought. The philosophers of this period are not mere philosophers. They are more political leaders, social reformers and men of action.
The position of philosophy amongst the Muslim peoples today is no worse than it is in the rest of the world. What type of philosophical thought the future has in store for them is also forecast in this voluminous work.
Contents
Preface
Introduction by the Editor, M M Sharif, M A, Director, Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore (Pakistan)
VOLUME I
BOOK ONE - PRE-ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
PART I
CHAPTER I
Pre-Islamic Indian Thought
CHAPTER II
Pre-Islamic Chinese Thought
CHAPTER III
Pre-Islamic Iranian Thought
CHAPTER IV
Greek Thought
CHAPTER V
Alexandrio-Syriac Thought
PART 2
CHAPTER VI
Pre-Islamic Arabian Thought
BOOK TWO
ADVENT OF ISLAM FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS OF THE QUR’AN
CHAPTER VII
Philosophical Teachings of the Qur’an
CHAPTER VIII
Ethical Teachings of the Qur’an
CHAPTER IX
Economic and Political Teachings of the Qur’an
BOOK THREE
EARLY CENTUREIS (From the First/Seventh Century too the Fall of Baghdad)
PART I: THEOLOGICO ---- PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEMENTS
CHAPTER X
Mu’tazilism
CHAPTER XI
Ash’arism
CHAPTER XII
Tahawism
CHAPTER XIII
Maturidism
CHAPTER XIV
Zahirism
CHAPTER XV
Ikhwan al-Safa
PART 2: THE SUFIS
CHAPTER XVI
Early Sufis: Doctrine
CHAPTER XVII
Early Sufis (Continued)
A. Sufis Before al-Hallaj
B. Al-Hallaj
CHAPTER XVIII
‘Abd al-Qadir Jilani and Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi
CHAPTER XIX
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi Maqtul
CHAPTER XX
Ibn ‘Arabi
PART 3: THE "PHILOSOPHERS"
CHAPTER XXI
Al-Kindi
CHAPTER XXII
Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
CHAPTER XXIII
Al-Farabi
CHAPTER XXIV
Miskawaih
CHAPTER XXV
Ibn Sina
CHAPTER XXVI
Ibn Bajjah
CHAPTER XXVII
Ibn Tufail
CHAPTER XXVIII
Ibn Rushd
CHAPTER XXIX
Nasir al-Din Tusi
PART 4: THE MIDDLE-ROADERS
CHAPTER XXX
Al-Ghazali: Metaphysics
CHAPTER XXXI
Al-Ghazali (Continued)
A. Mysticism
B. Ethics
C. Influence
CHAPTER XXXII
Fakhr al-Din Razi
PART 5: POLITICAL THINKERS
CHAPTER XXXIII
Political Thought in Early Islam
CHAPTER XXXIV
Abu Hanifah and Abu Yusuf
CHAPTER XXXV
Al-Farabi
CHAPTER XXXVI
Al-Mawardi
CHAPTER XXXVII
Political Theory of the Shi’ites
CHAPTER XXXVIII
Nizam al-Mulk Tusi
CHAPTER XXXIX
Al-Ghazali
VOLUME II
BOOK FOUR
LATER CENTURIES
(From the fall of Baghdad (656/1258) to 1111/1700)
PART 1: THE FALL OF BAGHDAD
CHAPTER XL
Fall of the ‘Abbasid Caliphate
PART 2: THEOLOGICO-PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
CHAPTER XLI
Ibn Taimlyyah
PART 3: THE SUFIS
CHAPTER XLII
Jalal al-Din Rumi
CHAPTER XLIII
Mahmud Shabistari, al-Jili and Jami
CHAPTER XLIV
Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
PART 4: THE "PHILOSOPHERS"
CHAPTER XLV
Jalal al-Din Dawwani
CHAPTER XLVI
Ibn Khaldun
PART 5: THE MIDDLE-ROADERS
CHAPTER XLVII
The School of Ispahan by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
CHAPTER XLVIII
Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)
PART 6: POLITICAL THOUGHT
CHAPTER XLIX
Ibn Khaldun
BOOK FIVE: OTHER DISCIPLINES
(Covering Both the Early and the Later Centuries)
PART 1: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER L
Arabic Literature: Poetic and Prose Forms
CHAPTER LI
Arabic Literature: Grammar and Lexicography
CHAPTER LII
Arabic Literature: Theories of Literary Criticism
CHAPTER LIII
Persian Literature
CHAPTER LIV
Turkish Literature
CHAPTER LV
Architecture
A. The First Three Centuries of Muslim Architecture
B. Muslim Architecture in Later Centuries
CHAPTER LVI
Painting
CHAPTER LVII
Music
CHAPTER LVIII
Music (Continued)
CHATPER LIX
Minor Arts
PART 3: SOCIAL STUDIES
CHAPTER LX
Historiography
CHAPTER LXI
Jurisprudence
PART 4: THE SCIENCES
CHAPTER LXII
Geography
CHAPTER LXIII
Mathematics and Astronomy
CHAPTER LXIV
Physics and Mineralogy
CHAPTER LXV
Chemistry
CHAPTER LXVI
Natural History
CHAPTER LXVII
Medicine
BOOK SIX: INFLUENCE OF MUSLIM THOUGHT
CHAPTER LXVIII
Influence of Muslim Thought on the West
Western Thinkers on Islam in General
Theological Influence
Philosophical Influence before Descartes
Philosophical Influence from Descartes to Kant
Philosophical Influence in the Post-Kantian Period
CHAPTER LXIX
Influence of Muslim Thought on the East
BOOK SEVEN: THE DARK AGE
CHAPTER LXX
Decline in the Muslim World
CHAPTER LXXI
The Silver Lining: Development of the Urdu Language, Grammar, and Literature
BOOK EIGHT: MODERN RENAISSANCE
PART I: RENAISSANCE IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST
CHAPTER LXXII
Renaissance in Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and Labanon Muhammad Bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab and His Movement
CHAPTER LXXIII
Renaissance in North Africa: The Sanusiyyah Movement
CHAPTER LXXIV
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
CHAPTER LXXV
Renaissance in Egypt: Muhammad ‘Abduh and His School
CHAPTER LXXVI
Renaissance in Turkey: Zia Gokalp and His School
CHAPTER LXXVII
Renaissance in Iran: General
CHAPTER LXXVIII
Renaissance in Iran (Continued): Haji Mulla Hadi Sabziwari
PART 2: RENAISSANCE IN SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA
CHAPTER LXXIX
Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan: Shah Wali Allah Dihlawi
CHAPTER LXXX
Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan (Continued): Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan as a Politician, Historian, and Reformist
CHAPTER LXXXI
Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan(Continued): Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan as a Religio-Philosophical Thinker
CHAPTER LXXXII
Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan (Continued): Iqbal
CHAPTER LXXXIII
Renaissance in Indonesia
Conclusion
Index