Author: Ameer Ali
Publisher: LP Publications
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 515
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8186142533
Description
This book attempts to give the history of the evolution and the ideals of Islam as a world Religion.
The author examines the rapid spread of Islam and the hold it obtained over the conscience and minds of millions of people within a short span of time. The outline of the life and ministry of the Prophet is based on the Sirat-ur Rasul of Ibn Hisham who died in 213 A H, barely two hundred years after the death of the Prophet, supplemented by, among other works, Ibn Ul-Athir's monumental history, Chronicles of Tabari, the Insan-ul Uyum of al-Hababi.
Contents
Introduction
PART I
THE LIFE AND THE MINISTRY OF THE PROPHET
CHAPTER I
Mohammed the Prophet
CHAPTER II
The Hegira
CHAPTER III
The Prophet at Medina
CHAPTER IV
Hostility of the Koreish and the Jews
CHAPTER V
The Invasion of Medina
CHAPTER VI
The Prophet's Clemency
CHAPTER VII
The Diffusion of the Faith
CHAPTER VIII
The Year of Deputations
CHAPTER IX
Fulfilment of the Prophet's Work
CHAPTER X
The Apostolical Succession
PART II
THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM
CHAPTER I
The Ideal of Islam
CHAPTER II
The Religious Spirit of Islam
CHAPTER III
The Idea of Future Life in Islam
CHAPTER IV
The Church Militant of Islam
CHAPTER V
The Status of women in Islam
CHAPTER VI
Bondage in Islam
CHAPTER VII
The Political Spirit of Islam
CHAPTER VIII
The Political Divisions and Schisms of Islam
CHAPTER IX
The Literary and Scientific Spirit of Islam
CHAPTER X
The Rationalistic and Philosophical Spirit of Islam
CHAPTER XI
Idealistic and Mystical Spirit in Islam
Appendices
General Index
Bibliographical Index