Contributors


A

  • Syed Abid Ali Abid, M.A., Formerly, Principal, Dyal Singh College, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 37: Political Theory of the Shi’ties
    • Chapter 59: Minor Arts   
  • Khalifah Abdul Hakim, M. A., Ph. D., Director, Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 42: Jalal al-Din Rumi
    • Chapter 82: Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan (Continued): Iqbal   
  • A. E. Affifi, Ph.D., Member of the Higher Council of Arts and Social Sciences in Cairo, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University (Egypt)
    • Chapter 20: Ibn ‘Arabi  
  • Abdul Shakoor Ahsan, M. A. LL. B. Senior Lecturer in Persian, University of the Panjab, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 40: Fall of the ‘Abbasid Caliphate  
    •  Chapter 77: Renaissance in Iran: General
  • Nafis Ahmad, M. A., Ph. D., F. R. G. S., F.A.G.S., Professor and Chairman, Department of Geography, University of Dacca (Bangladesh)
    • Chapter 62: Geography  
  • M. Ajmal, Bureau of National Reconstruction, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) 
    • Chapter 56: Painting
  • A. K. M. Ayyub Ali, M.A., Ph.D., Principal, Government Rajshahi Madrasah, Rajshahi (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 12: Tahawism 
    • Chapter 13: Maturdism 
  • Osman Amin, D. Litt., Professor and Chairman, Department of Philosophy, Cairo University (Egypt).
    • Chapter 74: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani  
    • Chapter 75: Renaissance in Egypt: Muhammad Abdu and His School
  • S. M. Abdullah, M. A. , M.O.L., D. Litt., Professor and Chairman, Department of Urdu, University of the Punjab; Principal, Oriental College, Lahore (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 71: The Silver Lining: Development of the Urdu Language, Grammar, and Literature  

B

  • Abdurrahman Badawi, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ein-Shams University (Egypt)
    • Chapter 22: Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
    • Chapter 24: Miskawaih  
  • Alessandro Bausani, Ph.D., Professor of Persian Language and Literature, University of Naples (Italy)
  • Niazie Berkes, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Canada)
    • Chapter 76: Renaissance in Turkey: Zia Gokalp and His School
  • Leonard Binder, Ph.D. Institute for Administrative affairs, Faculty of Law, Tehran University, Tehran (Iran).
    • Chapter 39: Al-Ghazali  

C

  • K. A. C. Creswell, F. S. A., Hons., A.R. I. B. A., School of Oriental Studies, The American University, Cairo (Egypt)
    • Chapter 55: A. The First Three Centuries of Muslim Architecture

D

  • B. A. Dar, fellow at the Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 8: Ethical Teachings of the Qur’an 
    • Chapter 17:  A.  Sufis before Hallaj  
    • Chapter 18: ‘Abd al-Qadir Jilani and Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi
    • Chapter 43: Mahmud Shabistari, al-Jili and Jami 
    • Chapter 81: Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan (Continued): Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan as a Religio-Philosopical Thinker 
  • Howard F. Didsbury, Jr., M.A., Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, Newark State College, Union, New Jersey and Adjunct Professor at American University, Washington D.C. (USA)

E

  • Ahmed Fouad El-Ehwany, Ph.D., Professor of Islamic Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Cairo University (Egypt)
    • Chapter 21: Al-Kindi
    • Chapter 28: Ibn Rushd  

F – G

  • Muhammad Farman, M. A. Professor of Philosophy, Zamindara College, Gujarat (Pakistan) 
    • Chapter 44: Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi  
  • H. G. Farmer, M. A., Ph.D., D. Litt., D. Mus., Assistant Librarian (in charge of Music), Glasgow University Library; Vice-President, Glasgow University Oriental Society (U. K.) 
    • Chapter 57: Music
    • Chapter 58: Music (Continued)
  • Omar A. Farrukh, Ph.D., Member of the Arab academy, Damascus (Syria)
    • Chapter 14: Zahirism 
    • Chapter 15: Ikhawan al-Safa

H

  • Abdul Hamid, M. A. Ph.D., Professor of History, Government College, Lahore (Pakistan). 
    • Chapter 80: Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan (Continued): Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan as a Politician, Historian and Reformist   
  • M. Hamidullah, M.A., Ph.D., D. Litt., 4, Rue de Tournon, Paris (France).
    • Chapter 61: Jurisprudence
  • M. Hamiduddin, M.A., Ph.D., Senior Professor and Chairman, Department of Philosophy and Psychology, Government College, Lahore (Pakistan). 
    • Chapter 16: Early Sufis: Doctrine
  • Serajul Haque, M. A., Ph.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Dacca (Bangladesh)
    • Chapter 41: Ibn Taimiyah  
  • M. Rukunuddin Hassan, Chairman, Department of Political Science, Urdu College, Karachi, (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 38: Nizam al-Mulk Tusi  
  • S. Sibte Hasan, M.A., Formerly, Lecturer in Jefferson School of Social Sciences, New York; Editor, Pakistan Review, Lahore (Pakistan)  and M. Abdullah Chaghatai, D. Litt, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 55: B. Muslim Architecture in Later Centuries  
  •  M. Abdul Hye, M.A., Professor of Philosophy, Government College, Rajshahi (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 11: Ash’arism

I – J

  • Shaikh Inayatullah, M.A., Ph.D., formerly Professor of Arabic, University of the Panjab, Lahore (Pakistan). 
    • Chapter 6: Pre-Islamic Arabian Thought 

K – L

  • Abdul Khaliq, , M.A., Professor of Philosophy, Islamia College, Lahore (Pakistan).
  • Muhammad Qamaruddin Khan, M.A., Lecturer in Islamics, , University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 36: Al-Mawardi  
  • M. Khalaf-allah, M. A., Dean, Faculty of Arts, and Chairman, Department of Arabic and Oriental Studies, Alexandria University (Egypt)
    • Chapter 52: Arabic Literature: Theories of Literary Criticism
  • Muhammad Abdur Rahman Khan, B. Sc., A.R.C.S., F.R.A.S., Principal and Chairman, Department of Physics, Osmania University College; President, Hyderabad Academy, Hyderabad Deccan (India)
    • Chapter 64: Physics and Mineralogy
  • Muhammad Khalil, LL.B., LL.D., Bar-at-Law, Advocate, Amman (Jordan)
    • Chapter 73: Renaissance in North Africa: The Sanusiyah Movement

M

  • Ibrahim Madkour, Ph.D. Member of the Arabic Academy, Cairo formerly Professor of Philosophy, Cairo University (Egypt)
    •  Chapter 23: Al-Farabi
  • Muhsin Mahdi, Professor of Arabic, University of Chicago, currently on a Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard University.
    • Chapter 46: Ibn Khaldun  
    • Chapter 49: Ibn Khaldun  (Part 6: POLITICAL THOUGHT)
  • S. Mahdihassan, Ph.D., F.I.I.Sc., F.R.I.C., Chairman, Bio-chemical Division, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Karachi (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 65: Chemistry
  • Muhammad Saghir Hasan al-Ma’sumi, M.A., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Dacca (Bangladesh)
    • Chapter 26: Ibn Bajjah
    • Chapter 35: Al-Farabi
  • Louis Massignon, Litt. D., Hon. Professor, College de France and Hautes Études, Sorbonne (France) 
    • Chapter 17: Early Sufis: (Continued): Al-Hallaj  
  • Meedut Mansuroglu, Ph.D., Professor of Turkish Languages, Istanbul University, (Turkey). 
    • Chapter 54: Turkish literature
  • Abul ‘Ala Maudoodi, Editor, Tarjuman al-Qur’an, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 9: Economic and Political Teachings of the Qur’an 
    • Chapter 33: Political Thought in Early Islam  
    • Chapter 34: Abu Hanifah and Abu Yusuf

N – P

  •  Sa’id Naficy, M. A., Formerly, Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Teheran University, Teheran (Iran).
    • Chapter 53: Persian Literature
  • Seyyed Hossein Nasr, M.A., Ph.D., Associate Professor of the History of Science and Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, Tehran University, Tehran (Iran)
    • Chapter 19: Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi al-Maqtul
    • Chapter 32: Fakhr al-Din Razi
    • Chapter 47: The School of Ispahan
    • Chapter 48: Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)  
    • Chapter 66: Natural History
    • Chapter 78: Renaissance in Iran: (Continued) Haji Mulla Hadi Sabziwari 

Q

  • C. A. Qadir, Professor of Philosophy, Government College, Lahore (Pakistan). 
    • Chapter 1: Pre -Islamic Indian thought
    • Chapter 5: Alexandrio-Syriac thought 
    • Chapter 69: Influence of Muslim Thought on the East  
    • Chapter 70: Decline in the Muslim World  
  • I. H. Qureshi, M. A., Ph. D., Director, Central Institute of Islamic Research, Karachi (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 60: Historiography  

R

  • Fazulr Rahman, M.A., D. Phil., Associate Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University (Canada)
    • Chapter 25: Ibn Sina  
  • Shaikh Abdur Rashid, M.A., Director, Historical Research Institute, University of Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan). 
    • Chapter 83: Renaissance in Indonesia 

S – T

  • K. S. Shah, M. B., B.S., D. Sc., D.P.H., D.T.M., Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine, Fatimah Jinnah Medical College, Lahore (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 67: Medicine 
  • M. M. Sharif, Director of the Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Preface
    • Introduction  
    • Chapter 4: Greek thought 
    • Chapter 7: Philosophical Teachings of the Qur’an 
    • Chapter 68: Influence of Muslim Thought on the West: D. Philosophical Influence from Descartes to Kant 
    • CONCLUSION
  • M. Saeed Sheikh, M.A., Professor of Philosophy, Government College, Lahore (Pakistan).
  • Abdul Hamid Siddiqi, M. A., Professor of Economics, Islamia College, Lahore; Jt. Editor, Tarjuman al-Qur’an, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 72: Renaissance in Arabia, Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon: Muhammad Bin ‘Abd al-Wahhab and His Movement  
    • Chapter 79: Renaissance in Indo-Pakistan: Shah Wali Allah Dihlawi 
  • Bakhtyar Husain Siddiqi, M.A., LL.B., Lecturer in Philosophy, Government College, Lahore (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 27: Ibn Tufail
    • Chapter 29: Nasir al-Din Tusi  
    • Chapter 45: Jalal al-Din Dawwani
  • M. R. Siddiqi, M. A., Ph.D., D.Sc., Vice-Chancellor, University of Sind, Hyderabad (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 63: Mathematics and Astronomy  
  •  Salimuzzaman Siddiqi, D. Phil, Nat., Dr. Med. h. c., F.R.S., Director, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Karachi (Pakistan).
    • Chapter 65: Chemistry

U

  • H. Z. Ulken, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy and Logic, Ankara University (Turkey)
    • Chapter 68: C. Philosophical Influence before Descartes
    • Chapter 68: D. Philosophical Influence in the Post Kantian period

V – X

  • Mir Valiuddin, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, Osmania University, Hyderabad Deccan (India)
    • Chapter 10: Mu’tazlilism 

Y – Z

  • S. M. Yusuf, M. A., Ph. D., Chairman, Department of Arabic, University of Karachi (Pakistan)
    • Chapter 50: Arabic Literature: Poetic and Prose Forms 
    • Chapter 51: Arabic Literature: Grammar and Lexicography

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  • Chapter 68: Influence of Muslim Thought on the West:
    1. Western Thinkers on Islam in General
    2. Theological Influence