ABOUT THE BOOK


This book succeeds in stimulating an awareness of this responsibility in its readers and in bringing home to them its validity. In its style and treatment, however, it does not pander to mere sentiment or excite passions of dogmatism. The claims that the book makes are sustained by solid scholarship and objective research in a manner that appeals to both the mind and the heart. The enlightened and unprejudiced approach of the author is clearly revealed by the scrupulous care and deep concern for truth with which historical events and their sequences are recorded and environmental effects and ramifications analyzed. Decisions are left to the discernment of enlightened minds and to consciences that are sensitive to truth. Topics have been discussed, arranged and interfused in such a manner that no conclusion is ever forced on the reader.

ISLAM AND THE WORLD

About the book

This valuable book was originally written in Arabic and published in Cairo in I950 for the Academy of Research, Translation and Publication in Egypt. It VIlasan instant success with critics and the general public alike in Arabic-speaking countries. The book has also been translated into Persian and Turkish. Its Urdu version, from which this translation has been made, was produced in India in 1954 in response to persistent demand.

Chapter 1 Before the advent of Prophet Muhammad
  • Spiritual Inactivity
  • Christianity
  • North-Western Europe
  • Iran
  • Buddhism
  • India
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Chapter 2 Political & economic conditions of the Pre Islamic World
  • Absolute Monarchy
  • Egypt and Syria under the Romans
  • Taxes in Iran
  • Rulers or Robbers?
  • The Rich and the Poor
  • Worldwide Gloom
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Chapter 3 Advent of the Prophet
  • The Era of Ignorance - A Reappraisal
  • Ineffective Half Measures
  • The Difference Between a Prophet and a Leader
  • Ignorance About Islam
  • The Fruits of Faith
  • Implicit Surrender
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Chapter 4 The Era of Muslim Glory
  • Uniqueness of the Companions
  • The Islamic View of Life
  • Islam and Humanity
  • Islam and Christianity
  • Islam and Europe
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Chapter 5 Muslim Decadence
  • Jhiid and Ijtihiid
  • The Umayyads and the 'Abbasids
  • The Evils of Monarchy
  • Philosophical Mind Games
  • Revival and Restoration
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Chapter 6 Rise of the West & its consequences
  • The History of Western Civilization
  • Greek Civilization
  • Roman Civilization
  • The Paganization of Christianity
  • Corruption of the Clergy
  • Christianity or Materialism?
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Chapter 7 Mankind's real loss under western domination
  • Absence of a Spiritual Sense
  • Lack of a God-Seeking Spirit
  • Shamsnddin Iltutmish
  • Sher Shah Suri
  • 'Abdur Ral.im Khiin-i-Khaniin
  • Moral, Religious and Spiritual Decline
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Chapter 8 The Revival of the Muslim World
  • Western Nations
  • The Universal Sway of Materialism
  • Eastern Nations
  • The New Allies of Paganism
  • The Standard-Bearers of Faith
  • The Message of Faith
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