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The Spirit of Islam: a history of the evolution and ideals of islam with a life of the prophet / Syed Ameer Ali

By:

Ali, Syed Ameer

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Delhi Islamic Book Trust 1981Edition: 1st edDescription: lxxi, 515 p; include appendix, general index and bibliographical index (479-515)Subject(s):

DDC classification:

297 M1;1

Summary: The book attempts to give the history of the evolution of Islam as a world-religion; of its rapid spread and the remarkable hold it obtained over the conscience and minds of millions of people within a short space of time. It has elucidated its true place in the history of religions. The outline of the life and ministry of the Prophet is based on the Sirat-ur-Rasul of Ibn Hisham, who dies in 213 A.H. (828 C.E.) barely two hundred years after the death of the Prophet, supplemented by, among other works, Ibn Ul-Athir's monumental history, chronicles of Tabari, the Insan-ul Uyun of al-Halabi (commonly known as Sirat-ul-Halabia)

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The book attempts to give the history of the evolution of Islam as a world-religion; of its rapid spread and the remarkable hold it obtained over the conscience and minds of millions of people within a short space of time. It has elucidated its true place in the history of religions. The outline of the life and ministry of the Prophet is based on the Sirat-ur-Rasul of Ibn Hisham, who dies in 213 A.H. (828 C.E.) barely two hundred years after the death of the Prophet, supplemented by, among other works, Ibn Ul-Athir's monumental history, chronicles of Tabari, the Insan-ul Uyun of al-Halabi (commonly known as Sirat-ul-Halabia)

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