Civilization as a Concept of Islamic Civilization

Name: Civilization as a Concept of Islamic Civilization
Author: Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi

Title	Civilization as a Concept of Islamic Civilization
Author	Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	ISSN: 1411-0334, EISSN: 2460-0008, DOI: 10.21111/tsaqafah.v11i1.251
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Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	This article aims at promoting an appropriate term to depict the substantial meaning of Islamic civilization. Even though there are various terms in Arabic that refer to the meaning of civilization, such as hadârah, tsaqâfah, ‘umrân, the term that substantially compatible with Islam is tamaddun. From a linguistic perspective the root of tamaddun can be traced back to the word dîn, meaning religion. In this case the relation between civilization in the form of scientific movement and political authority with religion is considerably clearer and even provable with historical facts. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, until the Ottoman Caliphate the relationship of religion and civilization was manifested. In Islamic history, when Islam entered to a region, the knowledge there will grow rapidly so as to bring prosperity and welfare. When Islam expanded its territory, it did three important stages: First, the expansion of political power dominated by military forces; second, the spreading of religion to the society such Islamic preaching and scientific activity based on al-Qur’an was dominated. Here, the people tried to integrate the teaching of al-Qur’an with the science that comes from other civilizations, especially Greek, Indian, and Persian; third is the spreading of Arabic language to become the official language of science and communication. These three stages proved that the widespread political power in Islamic history was always based on dîn and the development of science, which in turn, becomes civilization of science as well as religion, which defines tamaddun. Therefore, Islam accepted by any nation either non-Muslim or non-Arab for it departed from rational dîn which develops into tamaddun.
Görüntüle	Tsaqafah, 2015-11, Vol.11 (1), p.1-28

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Civilization as a Concept of Islamic Civilization

Author Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID ISSN: 1411-0334, EISSN: 2460-0008, DOI: 10.21111/tsaqafah.v11i1.251

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_1b46f14320b14ff18f47675c36941828

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes This article aims at promoting an appropriate term to depict the substantial meaning of Islamic civilization. Even though there are various terms in Arabic that refer to the meaning of civilization, such as hadârah, tsaqâfah, ‘umrân, the term that substantially compatible with Islam is tamaddun. From a linguistic perspective the root of tamaddun can be traced back to the word dîn, meaning religion. In this case the relation between civilization in the form of scientific movement and political authority with religion is considerably clearer and even provable with historical facts. From the time of the Prophet Muhammad, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, until the Ottoman Caliphate the relationship of religion and civilization was manifested. In Islamic history, when Islam entered to a region, the knowledge there will grow rapidly so as to bring prosperity and welfare. When Islam expanded its territory, it did three important stages: First, the expansion of political power dominated by military forces; second, the spreading of religion to the society such Islamic preaching and scientific activity based on al-Qur’an was dominated. Here, the people tried to integrate the teaching of al-Qur’an with the science that comes from other civilizations, especially Greek, Indian, and Persian; third is the spreading of Arabic language to become the official language of science and communication. These three stages proved that the widespread political power in Islamic history was always based on dîn and the development of science, which in turn, becomes civilization of science as well as religion, which defines tamaddun. Therefore, Islam accepted by any nation either non-Muslim or non-Arab for it departed from rational dîn which develops into tamaddun.

Görüntüle Tsaqafah, 2015-11, Vol.11 (1), p.1-28