Contemporary Approaches to the Qur'an and Sunnah

Contemporary Approaches to the Qur'an and Sunnah

Author: Mahmoud Ayoub

Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1565645774

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The Qur’an and Sunnah are the two primary sources of Muslim faith, life, law and morality. The Qur’an is for Muslims the foundation of their faith and the Sunnah is the framework of their morality. Together they constitute the two sources of the law (Shari’ah) of God, a guide to prosperity and happiness in this life and to the bliss of the hereafter. Although the Qur’an and Sunnah are materially and formally two independent sources, they are inextricably bound in a dynamic relationship. The rulings and precepts (ahkam) of the Qur’an constitute the law (shar’) of God. They are supplemented by the precepts of the authentic Sunnah, which possess authority second only to the precepts of the Qur’an. The Qur’an commands Muslims, “Whatever the Messenger gives you, that you must take, and whatever he forbids you, you must desist therefrom....” (59:7).


God in the Qur'an

God in the Qur'an

Author: Jack Miles

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2018-11-13

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0525521615

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Who is Allah? What does He ask of those who submit to His teachings? Pulitzer Prize-winner Jacke Miles gives us a deeply probing, revelatory portrait of the world’s second largest, fastest-growing and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion. In doing so, Miles illuminates what is unique about Allah, His teachings, and His resolutely merciful temperament, and he thereby reveals that which is false, distorted, or simply absent from the popular conception of the heart of Islam. So, too, does Miles uncover the spiritual and scriptural continuity of the Islamic tradition with those of Judaism and Christianity, and the deep affinities among the three by setting passages from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur’an side by side. In the spirit of his two previous books, God and Christ, and with his characteristic sensitivity, perspicacity and prodigious command of the subject, Miles calls for us all to read another’s scriptures with the same understanding and accommodating eye that we turn upon our own.


Islam

Islam

Author: Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman

Publisher: MSA Publication Limited

Published: 2003-12-10

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 186179083X

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This is the first volume of a series of authoritative Islamic books entitled "Islam: Questions And Answers." The overall series discusses issues relevant to Islam, and presents accurate and reliable information based on the true beliefs and practices of the Prophet and his companions. (World Religions)


The Qur'an and the Sunnah

The Qur'an and the Sunnah

Author: Taha Jabir Al-Alwani

Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13:

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For too long now, the Qur’an and the Sunnah, great sources of strength, purity, knowledge and inspiration for the Ummah, have not been adequately tapped. Skirting their peripheries or over-dwelling on one or two of their multifarious facets and tributaries has done a disservice to the immense potential of the fountainhead, while denying the Ummah- indeed the whole world- innumerable benefits from them. Now that the Ummah is becoming increasingly aware of its own problems as well as latent powers, and yearns to revive its leading role in the forging of history and cilization, the issue of drawing on the wellspring becomes more relevant and urgent. Revisiting these two sources is no longer a scholastic, academic, nostalgic, or escapist indulgence, but a great journey of discovery that promises untold rewards. Paradoxically, the journey through the resplendent pages of the Qur’an and the Sunnah to a time and place in the past should yield a more mature awareness of the dynamics of social and historical change and a human being’s role on earth, honing and sharpening the Muslims’ capacity to deal with the demands of the present moment and the challenges of the future. Suggestions for a new reading of the Qur’an and the Sunnah have been put forward from Islamic and other angles in the recent years. In this book Dr. Al-Alwani and Dr. Khalil, two well-known Muslim thinkers, contribute their views for a proper approach to these sources from within the Islamic framework.


Islam

Islam

Author: John Obert Voll

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 1994-12-01

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780815626398

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This is a single-volume history of Islam. The opening chapters briefly discuss the historical background of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century, through the rise of the Islam in 18th through 20th centuries. The final two chapters cover the significant events of the 1980s and 1990s.


Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

Author: Mustafa Akyol

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2011-07-18

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0393081974

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“A delightfully original take on…the prospects for liberal democracy in the broader Islamic Middle East.”—Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal As the Arab Spring threatens to give way to authoritarianism in Egypt and reports from Afghanistan detail widespread violence against U.S. troops and women, news from the Muslim world raises the question: Is Islam incompatible with freedom? In Islam without Extremes, Turkish columnist Mustafa Akyol answers this question by revealing the little-understood roots of political Islam, which originally included both rationalist, flexible strains and more dogmatic, rigid ones. Though the rigid traditionalists won out, Akyol points to a flourishing of liberalism in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire and the unique “Islamo-liberal synthesis” in present-day Turkey. As he powerfully asserts, only by accepting a secular state can Islamic societies thrive. Islam without Extremes offers a desperately needed intellectual basis for the reconcilability of Islam and liberty.


Muhammad and Islam

Muhammad and Islam

Author: Bharat Singh

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2021-04-05

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1665702818

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What was so special about Muhammad that caused people to follow him, obey him, and trust him when he declared he was a prophet? Bharat Singh, a retired professor, covers the prophet's extraordinary achievements in this academic work. He examines how in a short period, from the time Muhammad became a prophet to his death, he successfully converted most Arabs and many others to Islam. At the same time, he also established an Arab kingdom and developed a religious doctrine based on Allah's messages and his examples, followed by about two billion Muslims today. In simple language, the author answers questions such as: • What are the doctrines, beliefs, and rituals of Islam? • What is the meaning behind the traditions and practices of Muslims? • How does the Quran shape behavior in daily life, social customs, gender issues, marriage, divorce, legal and illegal sexual relationships, and more? • Why Muslims put faith in the divinely inspired judicial system of sharia instead of laws formed by humans. Knowing the immense curiosity in the west of the violent acts carried by some Muslim groups claiming their actions as jihad sanctioned under Islam, Dr. Singh reviews jihad's doctrine and history. He also devotes a chapter to the jihadi agenda of around last hundred years and prominent terrorist organizations like Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Al-Qaida, ISIS, Taliban, and Hezbollah.


Scientific Miracles Of Islam In Quran & Sunnah

Scientific Miracles Of Islam In Quran & Sunnah

Author: Mohamed Cherif

Publisher: Mohamed cherif

Published: 2015-07-18

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1515115623

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Few people know about the Scientific Miracles of the Quran and Sunnah. There are so many discoveries in different fields of sciences that occurred in the last two centuries by humans, despite the Quran and Sunnah mentioning them more than fourteen centuries ago. What are those discoveries and the fields that belonged to them? What are the proofs that make them credible?