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This Definitive Sourcebook Presents More Than Fifty Authoritative New Translations Of Key Islamic Texts. Edited And Translated By Three Leading Specialists And Clearly Contextualized For Introductory-level Students, It Illustrates The Growth Of Islamic Thought From Its Seventh-century Origins, Through To The End Of The Medieval Period. Eight Thematically-organized Sections Cover The Qur'an And Its Interpretation, The Life Of Muhammad, Hadith, Law, Ritual, Mysticism, And Islamic History. Among The Selections Are Ibn 'abbas's Account Of The Heavenly Journey; Al-taftazani On The Uncreatedness Of The Qur'an As God's Speech; Al-farabi On The Faculties Of The Soul; And Extracts From Rumi's Mathnawi. Classical Islam Includes A Glossary, Extensive Bibliography And Explanatory Prefaces For Each Text. With Many Extracts Translated Here For The First Time Into English, This Is An Essential Resource For The Study Of Early And Medieval Islam And Its Legacy.

Author

Calder, Norman; Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad); Rippin, Andrew, 1950-

Publisher

Taylor & Francis [CAM]

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780203634158

Subjects

History, Islam, Literary Fiction