| Description |
xv, 512 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps (some color), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
Arabia : the crucible -- Language and history -- Religion and culture -- The essence of Islamic civilization -- The Qur'ān -- The Sunnah -- Institutions -- The arts -- The call of Islam -- Al Futūḥāt : the spreading of Islam -- The methodological sciences -- The sciences of the Qur'ān -- The sciences of the Ḥadīth -- The law -- Kalām (theology) -- Taṣawwuf (mysticism) -- Hellenistic philosophy -- The natural order -- The art of letters -- Calligraphy -- Ornamentation in the Islamic arts -- The spatial arts -- Handasah al Ṣawt or the The art of sound |
| Subject |
Islamic civilization.
|
| Indexed Term |
Islam, to 1979 |
| Added Author |
Al Faruqi, Lois Ibsen, 1926-1986.
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| ISBN |
0029101905 |
|
9780029101902 |
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