Caliphate and Imamate

ISBN-13: 9781316649732 / Miękka / 2023 / 250 str.

Opis

An anthology of classical Arabic texts debating legitimate power and authority in the Muslim community after the Prophet Muhammad.

Spis treści

A Note on the Translation; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of Key Terms; 1. A Précis of the Doctrines of Abū 'l-Ḥasan al-Ashʿarī Ibn Fūrak; 2. The Succour of Nations Amidst the Confusion of Darkness al-Juwaynī; 3. The Theoretical Underpinning of the Imamate Abū Ṭālib al-Hārūnī; 4. The Curative Book on the Imamate: A Paraphrastic Rendering al-Shaykh al-Ṭūsī; 5. The Book of Excellence on the Fundamental Principles of Religion Ibn al-Malāḥimī; 6. The concise ʿAbd al-Kāfī al-Warjalānī; 7. The Crown of Doctrines and the Mine of Instructive Points al-Dāʿī Ibn al-Walīd; Bibliography; Index.