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Author Calder, Norman

Title Classical Islam : a Sourcebook of Religious Literature
Edition 2nd ed
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (385 pages)
Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- Notes for the reader -- Map: Centres of Muslim learning in medieval times -- PART ONE Formation and salvation history -- 1. The Qur'ān -- 1.1 Prayer: sūrat al-fātiha (1), 'The opening' -- 1.2 Warning: sūrat al-humaza (104), 'The backbiter' -- 1.3 Faith: sūrat al-bayyina (98), 'The clear sign' -- 1.4 Polemic: sūrat al-ikhlās (112), 'Sincerity' -- 1.5 The human condition: sūrat al-'asr (103), 'Afternoon' -- 1.6 The hereafter: sūrat al-nāzi'āt (79), 'The pullers'
1.7 The religion of Islam: a selection from sūrat āl 'Imrān (3), 'The people of 'Imrān' -- 1.8 Women and the Prophet: a selection from sūrat al-āhzāb (33), 'The confederates' -- 1.9 Food laws: a selection from sūrat al-mā'ida (5), 'The table' -- 1.10 Community regulations: a selection from sūrat al-barā'a (9), 'The acquittal' -- 1.11 The birth of Jesus: a selection from sūrat Maryam (19), 'Mary' -- 1.12 Treasured verses: 'The throne' and 'The light' -- 2. The life of Muhammad -- 2.1 Mu.ammad in the Qur'ān -- 2.1.1 Selection from sūrat āl 'Imrān (3), 'The people of 'Imrān'
2.1.2 Selection from sūrat al-ahzāb (33), 'The confederates' -- 2.1.3 Selection from sūrat Muhammad (47), 'Muhammad' -- 2.1.4 Selection from sūrat al-fath (48), 'Victory' -- 2.1.5 Sūrat al-duhā (93), 'The morning' -- 2.2 Ibn 'Abbās on the heavenly ascension -- 2.3 Ibn Ishāq and Ibn Hishām on Muhammad's opponents -- 2.3.1 Abū Lahab and Umm Jamil -- 2.3.2 Relations with Quraysh of Mecca -- 2.3.3 Relations with the Jews of Medina -- 2.4 Ibn Sa'd on Muhammad's life -- 2.4.1 On the Satanic verses -- 2.4.2 Muhammad's wives -- 2.5 Al-Wāqidī on the raid at Bi'r Ma'ūna -- 3. Hadīth
3.1 Mālik ibn Anas, selection from al-Muwatta' on zakāt -- 3.2 Al-Bukhārī, selection from al-Sahīh on zakāt -- 3.3 Ibn Hajar, commentary on Sahīh al-Bukharī on zakāt -- 3.4 Abū Dāwūd, selection from al-Sunan on zakat -- 3.5 Ibn Bābawayh, selection from Kitāb man lā yahduruh al-faqīh on khums -- 3.6 Muslim ibn al-Hajjāj, al-Sahīh on marriage -- 3.6.1 Chapter headings from 'The Book of Marriage' -- 3.6.2 Selection from al-Sahīh on marriage -- 3.7 Al-Kulaynī, selection from al-Kāfī, on temporary marriage -- 3.8 Abū Dāwūd, selection from al-Sunan on the end of times
3.9 Ibn al-'Arabī, ten sacred hadīths -- 4. Religious history -- 4.1 Al-Tarafī on Mary, the mother of Jesus -- 4.2 Al-Tha'labī on Abraha and the expedition of the elephant -- 4.3 Al-Wāhidī on the occasions of revelation of sūrat al-baqara (2) -- 4.4 Ibn 'Atiyya on the collection of the Qur'ān -- 4.5 Al-Suyūtī on the assassination of 'Uthmān -- 4.6 Building the Dome of the Rock -- 4.6.1 Al-Ya'qūbī -- 4.6.2 Al-Muqaddasī -- 4.7 Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock -- 4.8 .Umar II and the 'protected people' -- PART TWO Elaboration of the tradition -- 5. Qur'ānic interpretation
Summary This definitive sourcebook presents more than sixty authoritative new translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists, Classical Islam features eight thematically-linked sections covering the Qur'?n and its interpretation, the life of Muhammad, had?th, law, theology, mysticism and Islamic history. The new edition has been expanded to cover a fuller range of material illustrating the growth of Islamic thought from its seventh-century origins through to the end of the medieval period. It includes illustrations, a glossary, extensive biblio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Islamic literature -- Sources
Islamic literature -- History and criticism.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Islamic literature.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sources.
Form Electronic book
Author Mojaddedi, Jawid
Rippin, Andrew
ISBN 9781136186783
1136186786
9780203083680
0203083687