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    Prophecy in Islam : philosophy and orthodoxy / Fazlur Rahman ; with a new foreword by Michael Sells.

    By: Rahman, Fazlur, 1919-1988Contributor(s): Sells, Michael AnthonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011Description: xviii, [9]-118 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226702858; 0226702855Subject(s): Islamic philosophy | Prophecy -- Islam | Revelation -- Islam | Intellect -- Philosophy | Islam | ProphetieDDC classification: 297.2/115 LOC classification: B745.P66 | R34 2011
    Contents:
    I. The doctrine of intellect. 1. Al-Farabi ---- II. Prophecy. 1. The intellectual revelation --- 2. The technical of imaginative revelation --- 3. Miracles, prayer, theurgy --- 4. The mission and the law ---- III. 1. Ibn Hazm --- 2. Al-Ghazali --- 3. Kalam al-Shahrastani --- 4. Ibn Taymiya --- 5. Ibn Khaldun ---- Concluding remarks.
    Summary: This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. The latest edition of this classic text includes a new foreword by Islamic studies expert Michael Sells, confirming Prophecy in Islam as the best source on its subject after more than half a century. This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. -- Publisher description.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    I. The doctrine of intellect. 1. Al-Farabi ---- II. Prophecy. 1. The intellectual revelation --- 2. The technical of imaginative revelation --- 3. Miracles, prayer, theurgy --- 4. The mission and the law ---- III. 1. Ibn Hazm --- 2. Al-Ghazali --- 3. Kalam al-Shahrastani --- 4. Ibn Taymiya --- 5. Ibn Khaldun ---- Concluding remarks.

    This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. The latest edition of this classic text includes a new foreword by Islamic studies expert Michael Sells, confirming Prophecy in Islam as the best source on its subject after more than half a century. This longstanding and highly regarded volume is the first to explore the doctrine of prophetic revelation, a critical and definitive area of Islamic religious and political thought. In it, the esteemed Islamic scholar Fazlur Rahman traces the inception of this doctrine from ancient Greek texts, its interpretation and elaboration by Muslim philosophers in order to suit their vision of the Prophet, and, finally, the varying degrees of acceptance of these convergent ideas by the Muslim orthodoxy. -- Publisher description.

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