Malik ibn Dinar: I have read in some of the revealed books
Photo: Shaykh Muhammad `Uthmān Sirāj al-Dīn al-Naqshbandī (RA)
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'I have read in some of the revealed books that the Real most high has given two things to the community of Muhammad that He gave to neither the angel Gabriel nor the angel Michael. One is 'Remember me; I will remember you' (2:152) and the second is 'Call me; I will answer you' (40:60)
(Malik ibn Dinar)
(Malik ibn Dinar)
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Vision of Islam (Visions of Reality. Understanding Religions)
By Sachiko Murata (Author), William Chittick (Author)
Purchase Book:
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Description:
Most English-language introductions to Islam (and to Christianity and Judaism as well) scant the intellectual and spiritual; instead, they stress the externals-the things one must do to be saved, to be justified, to be upright before God and one's fellows. Basic doctrine, moral teaching, and ritual obligations are, as Murata and Chittick point out, all that the ordinary Muslim believer, prospective convert, and casually interested non-Muslim observer really need to know. The authors (comparative studies, SUNY at Stonybrook) provide a systematic and thorough handbook of basic Islamic theology on many topics, such as the nature of God and man, revelation and scripture, prayer and the interior life, and mysticism and devotion. For serious students of Islam (and its relationship to Judaism and Christianity) who are undaunted by technical terminology, this work is the book to have. For academic libraries and public libraries with substantial collections in religion.
(James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, Va.)
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