Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 Conclusion In this chapter, we have examined the origins and meteoric development ofIslam - both the religion and the community. The great power of Muhammad'steachings enabled the creative but fragmented Arab tribes to unify and expandacross three continen...
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [21.1] Their reckoning has drawn near to men, and in heedlessness are they turning aside.[21.2] There comes not to them a new reminder from their Lord but they hear it while they sport,[21.3] Their hearts trifling; and those who are unjust counsel ...
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [97.1] Surely We revealed it on the grand night.[97.2] And what will make you comprehend what the grand night[97.3] The grand night is better than a thousand months.[97.4] The angels and Gibreel descend in it by the permission of their Lord for eve...
Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002The Abbasids, Zenith Of Islamic Civilization In 750 the Umayyad Dynasty was removed from power by rebels, and a newdynasty, the Abbasid, ruled most of the Muslim world from 750 to 1258. Thecity of Baghdad was built in 762 as the capital of the new caliph,Ab...
A Bridge of Stories - Marlies ter Borg You have before you a unique anthology of stories told in both the Bible and the Qur'an. It starts obviously with creation, which in both books took six Days or divine periods. It continues to describe the creation of man and woman, who in both books dwell in t...
Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002The Coming Of Islam To South Asia The pattern of political fragmentation that had left the much-reducedAbbasid caliphate vulnerable to nomadic invasions was also found in theregions of South Asia to which Islam spread during the centuries of Abbasiddecline....
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [71.1] Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.[71.2] He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:[71.3] That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) ...
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [80.1] He frowned and turned (his) back,[80.2] Because there came to him the blind man.[80.3] And what would make you know that he would purify himself,[80.4] Or become reminded so that the reminder should profit him?[80.5] As for him who considers...
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful. [54.1] The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.[54.2] And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.[54.3] And they call (it) a lie, and follow their low desires; and every affair has its appointed term.[54.4] And certa...
Islam From The Beginning To 1300Date: 2002 The Islamic Faith And Law Islam places great emphasis on the necessity of obedience to God's law inaddition to faith. The Koran is the fundamental and ultimate source ofknowledge about Allah and the proper actions of his followers. This holy bookcontains th...
Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 Western Intrusions And The Crisis In The Arab Islamic Heartlands By the early 1800s, the Arab peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt,coastal Arabia and North Afric had lived for centuries under Ottoman-Turkishrule. Though most Arabs resented Turkish domina...