Prophecy in Islam: Philosophy and Orthodoxy
Fazlur Rahman
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9780226702858
This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy.
The latest edition of this classic text includes a new foreword by Islamic studies expert Michael Sells, confirming Prophecy in Islam as the best source on its subject after more than half a century. This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought.
Contents
I The Doctrine of Intellect
Al-Fārābī
II Prophecy
The Intellectual Revelation
The Technical or Imaginative Revelation
Miracles, Prayer, Theurgy
The Mission and the Law
III Philosophical Doctrine and the Orthodoxy
Ibn Ḥazm
Al-Ghazāli
Kalām-al-Shahrastānī
Ibn Taymīya
Ibn Khaldūn