The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Dalman, Sir Gustaf Walker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144008131X ISBN 13: 9781440081316

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2010

Synopsis

PREFACE IX I desire also to acknowledge my obligations to Sir Sayyid AJ:!mad Khan Bahadur, R.C.S.I., LL.D.; to my learned friend and colleague, Shamsu-l 'Ulama' Mawlawi Muhammad Shibli Nu'mani, who has assisted me most generously out of the abundance of his knowledge of early Muhammadan history; and to my former pupil, Mawlawi Bahadur 'Ali, M.A. Lastly, and above all, must I thank my dear wife, but for whom this work would never have emerged out of a chaos of incoherent materials, and whose sympathy and approval are the best reward of my labours. A ligarh , I896. Professor Wensinck), and the l!cole des Langues Orientales Vivantes, Paris ;-to Mr. J. A. Oldham, editor of The International Review of Missions, I am indebted for the loan of volumes of the Allgemeine Missions-Zeitschrift, a set of which I have been unable to find in London; my thanks are specially due to Dr. F. W. Thomas, who has allowed me to study for lengthy periods (along with other books from the

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1; INTRODUCTION; A mIssIOnary religion defined Islam a missionary religion; its; extent The Qur'an enjoins preaching and persuasion, and; forbids violence and force in the conversion of unbelievers; The present work a history of missions, not of persecutions; CHAPTER II; STUDY OF THE LIFE OF MUl;IAMMAD CONSIDERED AS A; PREACHER OF ISLAM; Mul)ammad the type of the Muslim missionary Account of his; early efforts at propagating Islam, and of the conversions made; in Mecca before the Hijrah Persecution of the converts, and; migration to Medina Condition of the Muslims in Medina:; beginning of the national life of Islam Islam offered (a) to the; Arabs, (b) to the whole world Islam declared in the Qur'an to '; be a universal religion,-as being the primitive faith delivered; to Abraham Mul)ammad as the founder of a political organisation; The spread of Islam and the efforts made to convert the v; Arabs after the Hijrah Th

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 144008131X
• ISBN 13: 9781440081316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 486