The Emergence of Islam
By Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah
Lectures on the Development of the Islamic or World-View, Intellectual Tradition and Polity
Intellectual Tradition and Polity
Paperback 351 Pages
Translated and Edited by Afzal Iqbal
Published by Adam Publishers & Distributors Shandar Market, Chitli Qabar, Delhi, India
The Emergence of Islam is an attempt to present, in clear and simple English, the contents of a series of twelve lectures delivered by Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah in March 1980 at Islands University, Bahawalpur. The lectures, which were delivered without even the help of notes, are the result of a life-long study of, and reflections on, the early period of Islam by one of the best-known Muslim scholars of our time. In these lectures the learned author attempts o highlight the basic thrust of Islamic teachings and to outline the formative period of Islam's intellectual and institutional history. Drawing upon his vast reservoir of knowledge, Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah attempts to explain, in a manner that would make even a lay audience appreciate, the genesis and growth of Islamic thought, society and state, and of the institutions which were developed to translate Islamic norms into terms of practice.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Part I
TRANSLITERATION TABLE
History of the Qur'an (The Earlier Prophets and their Books ,Non-Quranic Prophets ,The History of the Earlier Scriptures
The Four Gospels, The Preservation Of The Quran, Compilation Of The Quran, Compilation Of The Quran In The Prophet's Time, Compilation Of The Quran During Abu Bakr's Regime, Compilation After Abu Bakr's Regime,
Uthman's Role In The Compilation Of The Quran, Authenticity Of The Quranic Text, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
History of Hadith
History of Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence and Ijtihad
International Law
Religion
State and Administration
Defence
Educational System
Lawmaking and Judiciary
Revenue and Calendar
Propagation of Islam
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
CORRIGENDA
About Professor Dr Muhammad Hamidullah
widely known across the Islamic world, in the Indian subcontinent and in Europe and North America for his seminal and outstanding contributions to the advancement of Islamic learning and to the dissemination of Islamic teachings in the Western world, Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah was born in 1908 (Feb 19, 1908 / 16 Muharram 1326) and he obtained several degrees in Theology and Law from Osmania University in the state of Hyderabad Deccan (India). He also studied in Germany and France where he received his PhD degrees (he had more than one PhD) in International Law. He was a law professor in his native city. He then settled in France but later moved to the United States in 1996. The professor never married. He had been taken care of by the grand-daughter of his brother. His book, Introduction to Islam, was translated into at least a dozen languages and it became so popular that it is used as a textbook in Russia as well as other countries. His book, The Muslim Conduct of State, was a groundbreaking work in Muslim International Law. A series of his lectures, delivered at Bhawalpur, Pakistan, were translated into English, under the title of Emergence of Islam and it is also very popular among his other original works.
Dr. Hamidullah passed away on Dec 17, 2002, in Jacksonville, FL in his sleep after praying Fajr at the home of his host sister Sadida who is his brother's granddaughter. He was 94 years old. His funeral prayers were led by a Turkish-American scholar Dr. Yusuf Ziya Kavakci, Imam Islamic Association of North Texas.
---- 'O ye who believe! obey Allah, and obey the messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination'
{TM Qur'an An-Nisa 4:59}
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