Description: Further DetailsTitle: Light in the HeavensCondition: NewSubtitle: Sayings of the Prophet MuhammadISBN-10: 147987146XEAN: 9781479871469ISBN: 9781479871469Publisher: New York University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/08/2016Description: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an.The words of Muhammad (d. 11/632), God's messenger and prophet of Islam, have a special place in the hearts of his followers. Wielding an authority second only to the Qur'an, Muhammad’s hadith are cited by scholars as testimonial texts in a vast array of disciplines—including law, theology, metaphysics, poetry, grammar, history, and medicine—and are quoted by Muslims to one another in their daily lives.Assembling Muhammad’s words has been a major preoccupation for scholars throughout the fourteen centuries since his death, resulting in an abundance of compilations. Among the legally-grounded collections, which aimed to guide the community in its practice of religious law and ritual worship, one which stands out in particular is Light in the Heavens (Kitab al-Shihab) by al-Qadi al-Quda'i, a Shafi'i judge in the Fatimid court in Egypt. The collection’s overall conceptualization is distinctively ethical and pragmatic, and offers humanitarian lessons and practical insights with universal appeal.From North Africa to India, generations have used Light in the Heavens as a teaching text for children as well as adults, and many of its 1200 sayings are familiar to individuals of diverse denominations and ethnicities. For Muslims—who consider Muhammad’s teachings the fount of wisdom and the beacon of guidance in all things, mundane and sublime—these sayings provide a direct window into the inspired vision of one of the most influential humans to have walked the Earth.A bilingual Arabic-English edition.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 612gAuthor: al-Qāḍī al-QuḍāʿīContributor: Tahera Qutbuddin (Edited and translated by)Genre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Library of Arabic LiteratureRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Light in the Heavens
Title: Light in the Heavens
Subtitle: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
ISBN-10: 147987146X
EAN: 9781479871469
ISBN: 9781479871469
Release Date: 11/08/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Tahera Qutbuddin (Edited and translated by)
Series: Library of Arabic Literature
Book Title: Light in the Heavens : Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Middle Eastern, Islam / General, Islam / Rituals & Practice
Genre: Religion, Literary Collections
Item Weight: 21.6 Oz
Author: Al-Qāḍī Al-Quḍāʿī
Item Length: 9.3 in
Book Series: Library of Arabic Literature Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
