ضحى الإسلام
ضحى الإسلام
Ahmad Amin's Duha al-Islam — the middle volume of his trilogy on Islamic intellectual history, covering Abbasid-era social life, the constituent cultures, the scholarly movement and the creeds 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Overview
"Duha al-Islam" (The Forenoon of Islam) by Ahmad Amin, part of his series on the history of Islamic thought. It covers the early Abbasid period in several volumes. 1
It treats social life, including the population of the Islamic state, and the conflicts between Arabs, clients (mawali), the Shu'ubiyya, slaves and heresy, and faith. It then treats the Persian, Indian, Greek, Arab and religious cultures and their mixing. Next comes the scholarly movement in hadith, exegesis, legislation, language and history. Finally, it treats beliefs and schools, including the beginnings of theology and the Mu'tazila, Shi'a, Murji'a and Kharijites. 1
Its author is Ahmad Amin.
Connections
- Authored by
- أحمد أمين
People and things also explored
Sources
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012), p. 6-7
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