Islam in Late Antiquity: state-making, the Bedouin, and the end of empires [PDF]
This thesis addresses two questions. First, why did Arabia become the pivot of world history in the seventh century AD after aeons of relative obscurity?
Wakeley, James Moreton
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The Renaissance of Shi'i Islam [PDF]
, 2022 The renaissance of Shi’i Islam began in the 9th/15th century when the Ismailis experienced the Anjudan revival and Twelver Shi’i traditions were also renewed. This renaissance gained further strength when the Safavids succeeded in establishing a state in
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THE ARABIC PARTICLES ‘\u3cem\u3eINNA WA AḪAWĀTU-HĀ\u3c/em\u3e’ AT THE SYNTAX-SEMANTICS INTERFACE [PDF]
, 2015 In Arabic inna wa-aḫawātu-hā ‘inna and its related sisters’ are traditionally considered as verb-like particles. They are specified as introducing equational sentences and change their constituents’ case to a different pattern from what verbs do ...
Ali, Anfal Mudhafar
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Ḥadīth and Ethics through the Lens of Interdisciplinarity [PDF]
This volume addresses the interplay of ḥadīth and ethics and contributes to examining the emerging field of ḥadīth-based ethics. The chapters cover four different sections: noble virtues (makārim al-akhlāq) and virtuous acts (faḍāʾil al-aʿmāl); concepts (
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The Transmission of the Islamic Tradition in the Early Modern Era: The Life and Writings of Aḥmad Al-Dardīr [PDF]
, 2016 This thesis examines the role of tradition and discursive knowledge transmission on the formation of the ‘ulamā’, the learned scholarly class in Islam, and their approach to the articulation of the Islamic disciplines.
Mosaad, Walead Mohammed
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The Khawārij and religious identity formation in early Islam [PDF]
, 2017 The problems inherent to the sources for early Islam continue to challenge scholars when it comes to making positivist statements regarding the formation of early Muslim identity.
Rodney L. Thomson
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“Perfect Hearts and Pure Pages”: The Transmission and Recitation of the Qur’an in Mamluk Cairo—the Shāṭibiyya as a Case Study [PDF]
The Ḥirz al-Amānī wa-Wajh al-Tahānī of Abū al-Qāsim b. Fīrruh al-Shāṭibī (d. 590/1193) became one of the most widely studied texts associated with the recitation of the Qur’an. A didactic versification of Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī’s (d.
Hearn, Jonathan
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Laylat al-Qadr as sacred time: sacred cosmology in Sunnī Kalām and Tafsīr [PDF]
, 2017 In this analysis we will show how the Islamic tradition constructs a sacred cosmology wherein a sacred space and sacred time are defined. In Sunni Islam only a few sacred spaces on earth exist, the majority belong to the world unseen (ʿālam al- ghayb ...
Mol, A.J.W.
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Angels in Islam: a commentary with selected translations of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī’s Al-Ḥabā’ik fī akhbār almalā’ik (The Arrangement of the Traditions about Angels) [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis presents a commentary with selected translations of Jalāl al-Dīn cAbd al- Raḥmān al-Suyūṭī’s Al-Ḥabā’ik fī akhbār al-malā’ik (The Arrangement of the Traditions about Angels).
Burge, Stephen Russell
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The conservation history of the mausoleum of Shajarat al-Durr [PDF]
, 2016 This M.A. thesis aims to critically analyze the conservation history of the mausoleum of Shajarat al-Durr. Although Shajarat al-Durr’s biography is a well-published topic in the field of Islamic History, her only surviving architectural patronage lacks ...
Shoukry, Farah
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