Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.Zwemer, Samuel Marinus
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Arabia: The Cradle of Islam: Studies in the Geography, People and Politics of the Peninsula, with an Account of Islam and Mission-Work.
Zwemer, Samuel Marinus
Arabian Peninsula; Islam; Missions -- Arabian Peninsula
This is _not_ “the only True God” whom we know through Jesus Christ and
so knowing have life-eternal. “No man knoweth the Father but the _Son_
and he to whom the Son revealeth Him. He who denies the incarnation
remains ignorant of God’s true character. As Fairbairn says, “the love
which the _Godhead_ makes immanent and essential to God, gives God an
altogether new meaning and actuality for religion; while thought is not
forced to conceive Monotheism as the apotheosis of an Almighty will or
an impersonal ideal of the pure reason.” Islam knows no Godhead, and
Allah is not love.
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section beginning with A; Faith and B:Practice Appears to derrive
equally from "The Doctrine of God" and "The Doctrine of Revelation"
so has been abstracted and linked from the position the author seems
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footnotes.
ANALYSIS OF ISLAM AS A SYSTEM, DEVELOPED FROM IT’S CREED.
“There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his apostle.”
The Doctrine of God
(Negative.)
“There is no god but God.”
[Pantheism of Force]
1. His names
of the _essence_, _Allah_ (_the absolute unit_)
of the attributes,—_Ninety-nine names_
2. His attributes
The physical emphasized above the _moral_.
Deification of _absolute force_.
3. His nature
Expressed by a series of _negations_
“He is _not_.”
To second section
The Doctrine of Revelation: (Positive.)
“Mohammed is the apostle of God.”
[The sole channel of revelation and abrogates former revelations.]
I. By the KORAN
(Wahi El Matlu)
Revelation, verbal, and which teaches the twofold demands of
Islam:—
[The Book]
II. By TRADITION
(Wahi gheir Matlu)
Revelation by example of
the perfect prophet
[The Man]
1. Records of what Mohammed _did_ (Sunnat-el-fa’il) (example)
2. Records of what Mohammed _enjoined_ (Sunnat-el-kaul) (precept)
3. Records of what Mohammed _allowed_ (Sunnat-el-takrir)
(license)[A]]
A. The Sunnite Traditions: (collected and recorded by the
following six authorities)
1. Buchari A. H. 256[B]]
2. Muslim ” 261[B]
3. Tirmizi ” 279[B]
4. Abu Daood ” 275[B]
5. An-Nasaee ” 303[B]
6. Ibn Majah ” 273[B]
B. The Shiah Traditions: (five authorities)
1. Kafi A. H. 329
2. Sheikh Ali ” 381
3. “Tahzib” ” 466[C]
4. “Istibsar” ” 466[C]
5. Ar-Razi ” 406
III. Other Authority
a. Among the _Sunnites_:
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