Publication Date
2011
Publication Place
Provo, Utah -
Brigham Young University Press, 2011.
Subject
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?, Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Prophetic office - Early works to 1800., Prophecy -- Islam, Prophets, Pre-Islamic, Islam -- Doctrines
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
266
Physical Dimensions
24 cm
Library
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
Record ID
3100001~!119833~!4946
Library Location
HS-SS Stacks
Date
2011
Notes
"The Arabic edition used for this translation is Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzi, Aʻlām al-nubūwah, edited with an introduction and notes by Ṣalāḥ al-Ṣāwi (Tehran : Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977). The page numbers of the Tehran edition are indicated within the Arabic text of this volume as well"--Page xii., "Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Middle Eastern Texts Initiative"--Page facing the title page., Includes bibliographical references and indexes., This publication was funded through the support of the U.S. Congress and the Library of Congress., Arabic text and English translation on facing pages, numbered in duplicate.. "The Arabic edition used for this translation is Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzi, Aʻlām al-nubūwah, edited with an introduction and notes by Ṣalāḥ al-Ṣāwi (Tehran : Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1977). The page numbers of the Tehran edition are indicated within the Arabic text of this volume as well"--Page xii., "Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Middle Eastern Texts Initiative"--Page facing the title page., Includes bibliographical references and indexes., This publication was funded through the support of the U.S. Congress and the Library of Congress., Arabic text and English translation on facing pages, numbered in duplicate.. 119833. xxiii, 243, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
İçindekiler
An account of what transpired between me and the heretic -- Concerning the Five Eternals and the debate over imitation and independent investigation -- Concerning his argument that the five are eternal, with no other eternal except them, and the debate about time and space -- That the world is created -- [On reason, religion, and imitation] -- Returning to the subject of rational investigation and inquiry -- A discussion of the phrase "profound reflection" -- A discussion of contradiction -- That when believers in religious law are asked for proof, they become abusive -- His saying, "They are deceived by the imposing beards of these jackasses" -- His statement that the truth is buried very deep and falls totally silent -- His statement concerning feeble-minded men and women -- Regarding his statement, "We shall now examine the speech of these people and its contradictory nature" -- The Prophet's demeanor and virtues -- Concerning the speech of prophets and their laws -- Concerning parable and meaning -- Concerning what the heretic stated that is in the Torah -- A brief discussion of the differences among so-called philosophers and the contradictions in their speech -- Conflict among philosophers regarding principles -- A summary of divergences among views of philosophers -- Which of the two groups is more deceitful? -- There is no divergence among prophets regarding principles -- All religious laws are true, but falsehood has been mixed with them -- Further views of the heretic -- On oppression and victory -- The difference between miracles and signs -- The mention of the signs of Muḥammad in revealed books -- The signs of Muḥammad in Islam -- On the matter of the Qurʾān -- Prophets as originators of the sciences and testators of philosophers -- The origin of the stars and of astronomical observations -- The origin of the science of pharmacology -- Every knowledge stems from the First Sage.
ISBN
9780842527873, 0842527877
Seri
Islamic translation series = Al-Ḥikma, Islamic translation series
