Fifty Key Figures in Islam (Routledge Key Guides)

✍ Scribed by Roy Jackson

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Series: Routledge Key Guides
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The perfect resource for those wishing to learn more about the Muslim culture, its people and its teachings, Fifty Key Figures in Islam explores the lives and thoughts of fifty influential individuals in Islam and surveys a heritage that spans 1,500 years.

Covering key figures such as the Prophet Muhammad, Suleiman 'the Magnificent' and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), the entry for each figure includes:

• biographical details
• a presentation and analysis of their main ideas
• an account of their impact and influence within and, if appropriate, beyond the Islamic tradition
• list of major works and additional reading.

Fully cross-referenced for ease of use, this clearly presented work is ideal for those interested in or studying the area, and could not have come at a more fascinating time in history for Islam.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
SERIES-TITLE......Page 3
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
DEDICATION......Page 6
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CONTENTS......Page 10
PREFACE......Page 12
FIFTY KEY FIGURES IN ISLAM......Page 18
PROPHET MUHAMMAD (c.570–632)......Page 20
ABU BAKR (c.570–634)......Page 25
UMAR IBN AL-KHATTAB (c.581–644)......Page 29
ALI IBN ABI TALIB (c.596–661)......Page 33
MU’AWIYA (C.602–680)......Page 38
ABU HANIFA (c.699–767)......Page 42
MALIK IBN ANAS (c.709–795)......Page 47
RABI’A OF BASRA (c.717–801)......Page 52
MUHAMMAD AL-SHAFI’I (768–820)......Page 56
AHMAD IBN HANBAL (780–855)......Page 61
AL-MA’MUN (786–833)......Page 64
YAQUB IBN ISHAQ AL-KINDI (‘ALKINDUS’) (c. 801–873)......Page 69
ABU AL-HASAN AL-ASHARI (837–935)......Page 74
MUHAMMAD AL-TABARI (839–923)......Page 79
ABU NASR AL-FARABI (‘AVENNASAR’) (c. 870–950)......Page 83
UBAYDALLAH‘ AL-MAHDI’ (c. 873–934)......Page 88
ABU AL-HASAN ALI AL-MAWARDI (972–1058)......Page 93
ABU ALI IBN SINA (‘AVIRENNA’) (980–1037)......Page 97
ABU HAMID MUHAMMAD AL-GHAZALI (1058–1111)......Page 103
MAHMUD IBN UMAR AL-ZAMAKHSHARI (1075–1144)......Page 108
ABU AL-WALID MUHAMMAD IBN RUSHD (‘AVERROES’) (1126–1198)......Page 113
SALAH AL-DIN (‘SALADIN’) (1138–1193......Page 118
YAHYA SUHRAWARDI (1154–1191)......Page 123
MUHAMMAD IBN ARABI (1165–1240)......Page 128
NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (1201–1274)......Page 134
JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (1207–1273)......Page 139
IBN TAYMIYYA (1263–1328)......Page 144
ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN KHALDUN (1332–1406)......Page 149
AL-SUYUTI (1445–1505)......Page 154
SULEIMAN ‘THE MAGNIFICENT’ (c.1494–1566)......Page 158
AKBAR (1542–1605)......Page 162
SADR AL-DIN SHIRAZI ‘MULLA SADRA’ (c.1572–1640)......Page 167
SHAH WALI-ALLAH (1703–1762)......Page 171
MUHAMMAD IBN ABD AL-WAHHAB (1703–1792)......Page 176
SIR SAYYID AHMAD KHAN (1817–1898)......Page 181
SAYYID JAMAL AL-DIN ‘AL-AFGHANI’ (1838/9–1897)......Page 185
MUHAMMAD ABDUH (1849–1905)......Page 189
RASHID RIDA (1865–1935)......Page 193
SIR MUHAMMAD IQBAL (1877–1938)......Page 198
SAYYID RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (1902–1989)......Page 203
SAYYID ABUL ALA MAWDUDI (1903–1979)......Page 207
HASAN AL-BANA (1906–1949)......Page 213
SAYYID QUTB (1906–1966)......Page 218
MUHAMMAD TAHA (1908–1985)......Page 223
EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ (‘MALCOLM X’) (1925–1965)......Page 228
HASAN AL-TURABI (b. 1932)......Page 232
ALI SHARIATI (1933–1977)......Page 238
HASAN HANAFI (b. 1935)......Page 243
RACHID GHANNOUSHI (b. 1941)......Page 248
ABD AL-KARIM SOROUSH (b. 1945)......Page 253
GLOSSARY......Page 259
INDEX......Page 262

✦ Subjects

Религиоведение;Религиоведение ислама;