Anis Ahmad

Reflections on Surah Al-Baqarah

A Thematic Understanding

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Produktbeschreibung

Continuing with the Reflections series, this book focusses on the longest chapter in the Qur'an. Written in a simple and easy to read format, allowing the reader to absorb the key points that this chapter of the Qur'an is trying to convey. 

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Islamic Foundation
• Seitenzahl: 241
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm
• ISBN-13: 9780860379836
• ISBN-10: 0860379833
• Artikelnr.: 72110295

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1
» Introduction to al-Baqarah 7
» An Overview: Five Thematic Groups of Verses 12
» The Change of Leadership 15
» Guidance on Social Ethics 17
» The Uniqueness of Qur’anic Guidance 17
» Preservation of the Qur’an 20
» The Earlier Scriptures 21
» The Most Appropriate Universal Guidance (Hidayah) 24
» The Universality of the Qur’an 27
» Taqwa is a Prerequisite of Hidayah 29
» The Ethical Empowerment of Human Beings 32
» The Role of Guidance (Hidayah) in Achieving Taqwa,
Virtue, Piety and Servitude 34
» Taqwa as a Behavioural Practice, Objective of all
Acts of Devotion and a Key Theme in the Qur’an 40
» The Real Success (Falah) 44
» The Culture of Infaq 45
» Two Types of Human Conduct and Behaviour:
Disbelief (Kufr) and Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 47
» The Meaning of Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 49
» The Inimitability of the Qur’an 53
» The Wisdom (Hikmah) in the Challenge to Produce
Something Like the Qur’an 54
» Comprehensiveness of the Din 56
Lessons from the Story of Prophet Adam 61
» Iblis’s Modern Forms of Temptations:
Cultural Colonialism and Entrepreneurial Capitalism 63
» The Fourfold Implication of Khilafah: What Khilafah is and is not 65
» The Leadership Role of Earlier Peoples: The Case of Bani Isra‘il 67
» In the Wilderness of Sinai 69
» Shirk (Associating with Allah) and Nifaq (Hypocracy),
The Two Major Transgressions that Lead to Helfire 73
» Realizing Tawhid in the Social Sphere 74
» The Transgressions of the Israelites 76
» Allah’s Mercy and the Israelites’ Response 77
» A Universal Message: Tawhid as the Common Ground 79
» The Israelites’ Practice of Double Standards 82
» The Negative Effects of the Israelites’ Cultural Assimilation in Egypt 83
» The Response of the Jewish Community in Madinah 84
» Immediacy Instead of Ultimacy 86
» The Dialogical Approach 90
» Implications of the Covenant: Serving Allah Through Salah and Zakah 94
» Serving Parents as a Demand of Tawhid 96
» The Qur’anic Model of Extended Family 98
» The Rights of the Marginalized: The Culture of Ihsan 100
» The Ethics of Communication 101
» The Culture of Using Communication in a Dignified Way 104
» The Status of Earlier Sacred Laws 105
» Religious Pluralism and the Right to Worship in an Islamic Polity 111
» Similarity of and Constancy in the Message (Da‘wah) of all the Prophets
113
» The Conferment of Leadership on Prophet Ibrahim 115
» A Dialogue Based on the Abrahamic Faith 116
» Sibghat Allah: From Physical Identity to Ideological Identity
and from Symbolic Colours and Signs of Devotion to
Substantial Transformation and Exemplary Conduct 117
» Allah’s Colour 118
» The Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 119
» Conferment of the Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 121
» The Ummah as a Model of Justice (‘Adl) and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) 123
» The Obligations of the Leadership of Mankind 127
» The Culture of Gratitude, Perseverance and Remembrance 128
» The Culture of Ethical Intelligence and Striving (Jihad) 131
» Continuity and Change in the Shari’ah 133
» The Unreasonableness of the People of the Book 136
» The Culture of Research, Reason, and Introspection 136
» Qur’anic Pointers 138
» Is Religion a Personal Matter? 140
» The Culture of Righteousness, Piety, and Allah-consciousness:
The ayat al-Birr 141
» The Sanctity of Life and Legal Equality:
The Principle of Justice (‘Adl) and Excellence (Ihsan) 145
» Implications of the Qur’anic Ordinance: The Principle of Legal Equality
148
» Social Justice 148
» The Supremacy of Law and the State 149
» Social and Legal Fairness 151
» The Dimensions of Piety 153
» Fasting and the Inculcation of Allah-Consciousness 154
» The Culture of Tazkiyah in Financial,
Trade and Economic Transactions 159
» Liberation from Superstitions 160
» War Ethics 161
» The Prohibition of Self-infliction of Harm 163
» The Globalisation of Da’wah and Islamic Brotherhood 164
» Two Types of Personality 170
» The Holistic Personality 174
» The Unity of Humankind 176
» The Culture of Benevolence (Infaq) and Social Engagement 179
» The Culture of Benevolence 182
» War Ethics 184
» The Dynamics of Faith and Migration (Hijrah) 186
» The Gradual Removal of Social Evils through Ma‘ruf 190
» The Institutionalization of Social Engagement 192
» The Building of a Compassionate Family 197
» Family Ethics 199
» A Graceful Family Life 201
» Striving to Achieve Justice and Peace 204
» The Leadership of Mankind 206
» The Role of Reason, Revelation and Miracles 210
» Encouragement of Social Engagement and the
Culture of Spending on Others (Infaq) 212
The Beauty of the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kursi) 213
» Religious Freedom 215
» Rushd and Taghut 216
» Experiential Truth 219
» Manifestation of Faith in Infaq
(Spending on Others for Allah’s Sake) 223
» The Gift of Wisdom 225
» The Culture of Almsgiving (Sadaqah) 230
» The Secular Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility vs.
The Culture of Infaq and Sadaqah 233
» Establishing an Interest-free Society 233
» No Gender Disparity in Legal Matters 236