The Conclusive Argument from God
The Conclusive Argument from God

Author: Shāh Walī Allāh

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9004444769

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This important and comprehensive work of 18th-century Islamic religious thought written in Arabic by a pre-eminent South Asian scholar provides an extensive and detailed picture of Muslim theology and interpretive strategies on the eve of the modern period.

Shah Wali Allah
Shah Wali Allah

Author: Hafiz Khan

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-25

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780991462100

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This work is concerned mainly with the metaphysical thought of Shah Wali Allah (1114-1176/1703-1762), the greatest Muslim scholar of eighteenth century India. From the intellectual point of view, eighteenth century has a similar importance for the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent as it has for the West. By that time, Shah Wali Allah set out to reformulate the religio-intellectual legacy of Islam in order to reorganize the Muslims on the basis of their religion. The most distinguished feature of this movement was that theological and metaphysical issues were interpreted rationally. Reason was used not as a weapon against religious truth but as instrument for supporting it.

The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire
The Rise of the Indo-Afghan Empire

Author: Jos J. L. Gommans

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9789004101098

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By drawing attention to the golden age of Afghan trade and imperialism, this book examines the intensifying political and commercial relations between India and Central Asia. As such, it provides an entirely new perspective on the eighteenth-century history of South and Central Asia.

Partisans of Allah
Partisans of Allah

Author: Ayesha Jalal

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0674039076

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Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the political opposition between Islam and the West. As the line drawn between Muslims and non-Muslims becomes more rigid, Jalal seeks to retrieve the ethical meanings of this core Islamic principle in South Asian history. Drawing on historical, legal, and literary sources, Jalal traces the intellectual itinerary of jihad through several centuries and across the territory connecting the Middle East with South Asia.