Author: Manzoor Ahmad Hanifi
Publisher: Kitab Bhavan
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 255
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171511449
Description
This book is a clear and concise exposition of Islamic history and culture.
The book is divided into two parts: The first part deals with the history of the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith, the basis of Islamic code of conduct, surveys the principal institutions of the religion, showing the breaking up of the Muslims into different hostile schools and ends with the idea of future existence.
The second part deals with arts, literature, architecture, philosophical speculations, scientific discoveries, women in Islam, Muslim festivals and other cultural achievements of the Arabs.
Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
PART I
INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER I
History of the Holy Quran : Implications of the term Quran
CHAPTER II
History of the Hadith : What is Hadith
CHAPTER III
The Shari'at and it Schools of Law : The Shari'at
(1) The Rights of God
(2) The Individual Rights
(3) The Rights of other Men
(4) The Rights of all Creatures
CHAPTER IV
Religio-Political Parties : The Shiism
CHAPTER V
Scholastic Movements : Rationalism
CHAPTER VI
Current Tendencies : Ibn Taimiyya
CHAPTER VII
Religious Institutions in Islam : What is Islam
CHAPTER VIII
Iman and Islam : Iman
CHAPTER IX
Al-Ghazzali : Early Life and Education
CHAPTER X
Sufism (Islamic Mysticism) : Origin, The Derivation of Sufism
PART II
CULTUTAL HISTORY
CHAPTER XI
Cultural History of the Umayyads
CHAPTER XII
Cultural History of the Abbasids : Social Life
CHAPTER XIII
Contributions of Muslims to Scientific Thought
CHAPTER XIV
Muslim Philosophers
CHAPTER XV
Position of Women in Islam
Appendix A : Muslim Festivals
Appendix B : References for further reading