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An attempt to bring out the relationship between the concept of civilization and Islam’s underlying worldview and vision of life.
List of contents
Translator’s Note (by Syed Akif)
Foreword (by Zafar Ishaq Ansari)
Transliteration Table
Preface (by Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi)
Publisher’s Note (by M. Manazir Ahsan)
1. The Islamic Concept of Temporal Life
2. The Ideal of Life
3. Foundational Philosophy and Beliefs
4. Belief (Iman) in Allah
5. Belief (Iman) in the Angels
6. Belief (Iman) in the Messengers and Prophets
7. Belief (Iman) in the Heavenly Scripture
8. Belief (Iman) in the Last Day
9. The Importance of Belief (Iman) in Islamic Civilization
Appendix: Life after Death
Index
About the author
Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi (1903-1979) was a leading Muslim intellectual and a chief architect of the Islamic revival in the twentieth century. In 1941 he founded Jama’at-i-Islami, a political party in Pakistan, which he led until 1972. He authored more than a hundred works on Islam, both popular and scholarly, and his writings have been translated into some forty languages.
Summary
This book argues that the true understanding of Islamic civlization is possible only by having access to the soul of that civilization and its underlying fundamental principlesbelief in God, the Angels, the Prophets, the Revealed Books and the Last Dayrather than to its manifestations in knowledge, literature, fine arts, refined living and system of governance.
Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979) was a leading Muslim intellectual and a chief architect of the Islamic revival in the twentieth century. In 1941 he founded Jama'at-i-Islami, a political party in Pakistan, which he led until 1972.
Foreword
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