Demonstration of the Truth
(إظهار الحق)

Name: Demonstration of the Truth
Author: Hindī al-Dihlawī, Muḥammad Raḥmat Allāh b. Kalīl al-Raḥmān, 1817-1891

Title	Demonstration of the Truth
Title Original	إظهار الحق
Author	Hindī al-Dihlawī, Muḥammad Raḥmat Allāh b. Kalīl al-Raḥmān, 1817-1891
Publication Date:	1867
Publication Place	- Amiriyah Press
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021666242
Record ID	22053518
Date	1867
Sample Text	Izhar al-Haqq (Demonstration of the truth) is a work of Islamic apologetics that broke new ground in the Muslim approach to the Bible and to Christian doctrine. Written by Indian scholar Rahmatullah al-Dihlawi (circa 1817-91), it received the approbation of the Ottoman sultan, Abdülaziz (reigned 1861-76). It was printed in 1867 at the imperial press in Istanbul for distribution among Arabic-speaking Muslims. Rahmatullah based his innovative approach on analysis of European Protestant historical or higher criticism, i.e., on reinterpretations and reformulations of biblical historiography made by European theologians themselves. This was a major departure from the customary defense of Islam made by reference predominantly to Muslim scripture. The book is said to have grown out of arguments put forward by Rahmatullah in his 1854 debate with German missionary Carl Gottlieb Pfander (1803--65) in Aligarh, India. Debate continues among Muslim scholars regarding textual and interpretive portions of the work. This edition includes brief laudatory introductions in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, and the author himself supplies an important introductory essay. The detailed colophon and the high-quality printing point to the care taken in the production of the book. Presented here are two volumes bound as one.
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Demonstration of the Truth

(إظهار الحق)

Author Hindī al-Dihlawī, Muḥammad Raḥmat Allāh b. Kalīl al-Raḥmān, 1817-1891

Publication Date 1867

Publication Place - Amiriyah Press

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021666242

Record ID 22053518

Date 1867

Sample Text Izhar al-Haqq (Demonstration of the truth) is a work of Islamic apologetics that broke new ground in the Muslim approach to the Bible and to Christian doctrine. Written by Indian scholar Rahmatullah al-Dihlawi (circa 1817-91), it received the approbation of the Ottoman sultan, Abdülaziz (reigned 1861-76). It was printed in 1867 at the imperial press in Istanbul for distribution among Arabic-speaking Muslims. Rahmatullah based his innovative approach on analysis of European Protestant historical or higher criticism, i.e., on reinterpretations and reformulations of biblical historiography made by European theologians themselves. This was a major departure from the customary defense of Islam made by reference predominantly to Muslim scripture. The book is said to have grown out of arguments put forward by Rahmatullah in his 1854 debate with German missionary Carl Gottlieb Pfander (1803--65) in Aligarh, India. Debate continues among Muslim scholars regarding textual and interpretive portions of the work. This edition includes brief laudatory introductions in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish, and the author himself supplies an important introductory essay. The detailed colophon and the high-quality printing point to the care taken in the production of the book. Presented here are two volumes bound as one.

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