Islam: Divine Message and History by Abdelmajid Sharfi

Islam

Islam
Between Divine Message and History
by
Abdelmajid Sharfi
Central European University Press
Budapest N New York

© 2000 by Abdelmajid Sharfi
English translation © 2005 by Huda Fakhreddine
First published in Arabic as $O,VODPED\QDUULVODKZDWWUÀNK in
2000 by Dar at-Talica, Beirut
English edition published in 2005 by
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Sharfi, Abdelmajid.
[Al-Islam bayn ar-risala wa't-tarikh. English]
Islam between divine message and history / by Abdelmajid Sharfi.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 9639241873 (hardbound) -- ISBN 9637326162 (pbk.)
1. Islam--History. 2. Islam--Essence, genius, nature. I. Title.
BP50.S47 2005
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CONTENTS
Introduction .......................................................................... 1
PART ONE
Chapter One – The Theoretical and Historical Background .... 13
Chapter Two – The Mohammedan Mission ........................... 27
Chapter Three – The Characteristics of the Mohammedan
Mission ............................................................................ 45
Chapter Four – The Issue of Legislation (Tashric) ................... 58
Chapter Five – The Seal of Prophecy ...................................... 86
PART TWO
Introduction to Part Two ....................................................... 99
Chapter Six – The Prophet’s Caliphate ................................... 101
Chapter Seven – Institutionalizing Religion ............................ 117
Chapter Eight – Theorizing for the Institution ........................ 131
Epilogue ............................................................................... 192
Index .................................................................................... 199