The Quranic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society

Muhammad Fazl-Ur-Rehman Ansari

Published by Cosmo, 2010

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Contents  Preamble  The moral code why and how Classification of duties 1 Duties to self i Duties as spiritual being ii Duties as physical being iii Duties as rational being iv Duties as aesthetical being v Duties as moral being 2 Duties to other individuals i Fundamentals duties towards all human beings ii Duties of condition towards other individuals 3 Duties relating to the societal whole i Duties of the individual towards the Muslim society ii Duties of the Muslim society towards the individual iii The penal code As Matters stand in the Muslim world today it is the decline of religious leadership from the Islamic standard in a serious measure that constitutes a major cause of its inability with regard to its emergence from the abys into which it has been descending since some time The remedy for the situation is obvious Fazlur Rahman Ansari The Quranic Foundations and structure of Muslim Society The Quranic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society was written by the distinguished Islamic scholar and Sufi shaikh Maulana Dr Muhammad Fadlur Rahman Ansari 1914-1974 and was first published in Pakistan in 1973 just a few months before his death in 1974 It is not only a masterpiece of modern Islamic scholarship but it also courageously identifies serious deficiencies in contemporary Islamic scholarship as one of the major causes of the decline of the Muslim world The author of the book who holds a doctorate in philosophy was a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University India where he studied philosophy and religion He derived his Islamic philosophical and spiritual thought from the outstanding Islamic scholar Dr Muhammad Iqbal as well as from his spiritual mentor Maulana Abdul Aleem Siddiqui and the great teacher who taught him Islam at the Aligarh Muslim University Professor Syed Sulaiman Ashraf The Quranic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society was in part Maulana Ansaris Phd thesis and it was perhaps the most outstanding contribution to Islamic scholarship by any of the students of Iqbal It also represented a significant response to Iqbals call for that reconstruction of religious thought Maulana disclosed that Iqbal was himself the spiritual guide who guided him to the methodology with which he was able to pursue a sustained study of the Quran It was that study which resulted in the production of this great workThe book is the best modern exposition of that dynamic orthodoxy in Islam and constitutes a textbook workbook and a veritable manual for survival of Muslims of the present age jacket 426 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Quranic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society
• Publisher: Cosmo
• Publication Date: 2010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included