Download or read book The Shi i Islamic Martyrdom Narratives of Imam al usayn written by Muhammad-Reza Fakhr-Rohani and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martyrdom narratives (maqtals) represent a prominent genre of Islamic, particularly Shiʽi, literature. In this genre, the heart-rending aspects of the martyrdom scenes of religiously prominent people are depicted graphically. Although not exclusively limited to the martyrdom accounts of Imam al-Ḥusayn and his companions, who were martyred on the plain of Karbala, Iraq, a great majority of Islamic martyrdom narratives deal with the Ashura episodes. As the first book-length treatment of this genre in English, this text takes the reader from the dawn of Islam in ancient Arabia, exploring the background of the Battle of Karbala and giving a view of the various maqtals and several related studies. Although examining Arabic and Persian sources, this book presupposes little background knowledge on the part of the reader.

Download or read book Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in the Oriental Public Library at Bankipore written by K̲h̲udā Bak̲h̲sh Oriyanṭal Pablik Lāʼibrerī and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An introduction to Sahih al Bukhari written by MUAF AL-AAM; MUNTASIR ZAMAN. and published by Turath Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī is unsurprisingly the most widely recognized book among Muslims after the Qurʾān. Curious readers of Bukhārī’s magnum opus are often left with burning questions that lie beyond its contents. Who was Imām Bukhārī? How and why did he write the Ṣaḥīḥ? How was it transmitted? Are there any reliable extant manuscripts of the work? In this introduction, Dr. Muṣṭafā al-Aʿẓamī answers these questions in a simple and accessible manner. This translation, alongside added annotations and appendices, presents and expands on al-Aʿẓamī’s research for an English readership, for whom there is a dearth of resources on the subject.

Download or read book The Medieval Reception of the Sh hn ma as a Mirror for Princes written by Nasrin Askari and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nasrin Askari explores the medieval reception of Firdausī’s Shāhnāma, or Book of Kings (completed in 1010 CE) as a mirror for princes. Through her examination of a wide range of medieval sources, Askari demonstrates that Firdausī’s oeuvre was primarily understood as a book of wisdom and advice for kings and courtly elites. In order to illustrate the ways in which the Shāhnāma functions as a mirror for princes, Askari analyses the account about Ardashīr, the founder of the Sasanian dynasty, as an ideal king in the Shāhnāma. Within this context, she explains why the idea of the union of kingship and religion, a major topic in almost all medieval Persian mirrors for princes, has often been attributed to Ardashīr.

Download or read book The Annual Review of Women in World Religions written by Arvind Sharma and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-12-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as a mirror captures a large area within its small limit, this journal reflects the otherwise far-ranging and far-reaching phenomena that are categorized as "women and religion." The Annual Review of Women in World Religions has been conceived as a forum for the latest historical and anthropological research on women in all religions. It is also a form for discussion of contemporary trends, such as the influence of secularism, fundamentalism, or feminism on women and religion. Accordingly, it contributes to the on-going project to add to our basic knowledge about women, and helps evaluate the past as well as the present through insights generated by gender studies today. Within the boundaries of academic scholarship, the editors seek to include the research of those who are both inside and outside the traditions. Moreover, the book encourages women and men of all beliefs to participate in the on-going dialogue which it represents and promotes. This journal is polymethodic, interdisciplinary, and multitraditional in its approach to the study of women and religion. It not only allows the comparative dimension to appear in bolder relief, but also helps to establish a dialogue between the two solitudes of humanistic and social scientific studies in the field. Volume III contains the following essays: Rabi'ah as Mystic, Muslim and Woman by Barbara Lois Helms; Slighted Grandmothers: The Need for Increased Study of Female Spirits and Spirituality in Native American Religions by Jordan Paper; Women of Medieval South India in Hindu Temple Ritual: Text and Practice by Leslie C. Orr; and Confucianism and Women in Modern Korea: Continuity, Change and Conflict by Edward Y. J. Chung.

Download or read book Source Methodology in Islamic Jurisprudence written by Taha Jabir Alalwani and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2003 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usul Al-Fiqh is a science which is deeply embedded in the Islamic experience and one which, thanks to its methods and concerns, helped generate an empirical trend in Muslim culture, in turn benefiting western thinking. Itself a creation of influences from within and without, Al-Usul, often called “The Philosophy of Islam,” invites both reason and revelation to work for the harmony and well-being of human society. Although the science of Al-Usul is mainly concerned with legal matters, its range and the arsenal of tools it uses makes it attractive to students of Islamic Jurisprudence as well as to other scholars of Islamic Knowledge and culture. The difficulties it poses are inevitable. This book, however, attempts to simplify this “Most important method of research ever devised by Islamic thought” during its most creative period, and bring it to the understanding and appreciation of the modern learner, while underscoring its importance and relevance to the world of Islam today.

Download or read book Libraries in the Manuscript Age written by Nuria de Castilla and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case studies presented in this volume help illuminate the rationale for the founding of libraries in an age when books were handwritten, thus contributing to the comparative history of libraries. They focus on examples ranging from the seventh to the seventeenth century emanating from the Muslim World, East Asia, Byzantium and Western Europe. Accumulation and preservation are the key motivations for the development of libraries. Rulers, scholars and men of religion were clearly dedicated to collecting books and sought to protect these fragile objects against the various hazards that threatened their survival. Many of these treasured books are long gone, but there remain hosts of evidence enabling one to reconstruct the collections to which they belonged, found in ancient buildings, literary accounts, archival documentation and, most crucially, catalogues. With such material at hand or, in some cases, the manuscripts of a certain library which have come down to us, it is possible to reflect on the nature of these libraries of the past, the interests of their owners, and their role in the intellectual history of the manuscript age.

Download or read book Mug h al Poetry written by Hadi Hasan and published by Aakar Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book in the Islamic World written by George N. Atiyeh and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1995-07-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book in the Islamic World brings together serious studies on the book as an intellectual entity and as a vehicle of cultural development. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, it examines and reflects upon this unique tool of communication not as a physical artifact but as a manifestation of the aspirations, values, and wisdom of Arabs and Muslims in general. The Islamic system of book production differed from that of the West. This volume shows the peculiarities of book making and the intellectual principles that governed a book's inner structure, mysteries, and impact on culture. Investigated and explained are the issues involved in printing; the compilation of the Koran, the most important book in Islam; attitudes toward books; the oral versus the written tradition; metaphors of the book in literature; biographical dictionaries, an important genre of Islamic books; the grammatical tradition; women's contribution to calligraphy; scientific manuscripts; the transition from scribal to print culture; publishing in the modern Arab World; and the new electronic media, a non-book vehicle of communication, and its impact on education.

Download or read book The Arabic Version of the Nicomachean Ethics written by Anna Akasoy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a critical edition of the only extant Arabic manuscript of the Nicomachean Ethics. A comprehensive introduction by the late Douglas M. Dunlop describes the influence this major Aristotelian work had on Arabic literature. Dunlop’s annotated English translation includes important references to the Greek text of the Ethics. The appendix includes a select Greek-Arabic glossary.

Download or read book A Hand list of the Mu ammadan Manuscripts written by Cambridge University Library and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office no 859 B Poetry nos 860 2148 C The sciences mental moral and physical nos 2149 2817 D Parsee literature nos 2818 2827 Additional mss nos 2828 2988 Appendix nos 2989 3003 v 2 Preface Additional Persian mss Conspectus of the manuscripts Index written by India Office Library and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought written by Michael Cook and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-25 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we have a duty to stop others doing wrong? The question is intelligible in any civilisation, but only in the Islamic tradition is 'commanding right and forbidding wrong' a central moral tenet. Michael Cook's analysis is the first to chart the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation.

Download or read book The Persian Manuscripts written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Studies in Early Islamic Tradition written by Sulaymān Bashīr and published by JSAI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Medieval Islamic Civilization A K index written by Josef W. Meri and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description