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Piety and Politics in Indian Islam
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A feature of the still medieval character of contemporary Islam is that in theory even now Muslims are not prepared to make any distinction between different spheres of human activity, above all between the spheres of religion and of politics as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
&dquo;Islam, not only chronologically, is in its fourteenth century... &dquo; (Bernard Lewis 19’72 : 40). It is a feature of the still medieval character of contemporary Islam that in theory even now Muslims are not prepared to make any distinction between different spheres of human activity, above all between the spheres of religion and of politics. Nor would the believers concede that human pursuits have human ends in view. The medieval Islamic postulate that the true purpose of life was to serve God in this world and to prepare for the world to come still dominates the Muslim religious outlook. &dquo;No sphere&dquo;, says Grunebaum (1953: 108), &dquo;is left in which our doings are inconsequential for our fate in the hereafter.&dquo; An acute awareness of the everpresent and overwhelming supreme power of God permeates Muslim religious thought, and is the foundation of Muslim piety. It is He whoread more
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The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
TL;DR: In the present edition of Allama Iqbal's The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, an attempt has been made at providing references to many authors cited in it and, more particularly, to the passages quoted from their works.
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The Koran Interpreted
TL;DR: The Koran is a book apart, not only as Holy Scripture for Muslims, but as the supreme classic of Arabic literature as discussed by the authors, and in its 114 Suras, or chapters, it comprises the total of revelations believed to have been communicated to the prophet Muhammad as a final expression of God's will and purpose for man.
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The Koran Interpreted
TL;DR: The Koran is a book apart, not only as Holy Scripture for Muslims, but as the supreme classic of Arabic literature as mentioned in this paper, and in its 114 Suras, or chapters, it comprises the total of revelations believed to have been communicated to the prophet Muhammad as a final expression of God's will and purpose for man.