Islam and the Fate of Others The Salvation Question [Hardcover]

Can non-Muslims be saved? And can those who are damned to Hell ever be redeemed? InIslam and the Fate of Others,Mohammad Hassan Khalil examines the writings of influential medieval and modern Muslim scholars on the controversial and consequential question of non-Muslim salvation.

This is an illuminating study of four of the most prominent figures in the history of Islam: Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn Taymiyya, and Rashid Rida. Khalil demonstrates that though these paradigmatic figures tended to affirm the superiority of the Islamic message, they also envisioned a God of mercy and justice and a Paradise populated by Muslims and non-Muslims.

Islam and the Fate of Othersreveals that these theologians' interpretations of the Qur'an and hadith corpus-from optimistic depictions of Judgment Day to notions of a temporal Hell and salvation for all-challenge widespread assumptions about Islamic scripture and thought. Along the way, Khalil examines the writings of many other important writers, such as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Mulla Sadra, Shah Wali Allah of Delhi, Muhammad Ali of Lahore, James Robson, Sayyid Qutb, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Farid Esack, Reza Shah-Kazemi, T. J. Winter, and Muhammad Legenhausen.Islam and the Fate of Othersis both timely and overdue.

Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction: Rethinking Our Assumptions
Chapter 1: Damnation as the Exception-The Case of Ghazali
Chapter 2: All Paths Lead to God-The Case of Ibn 'Arabi
Chapter 3: The Redemption of Humanity-The Case of Ibn Taymiyya
Chapter 4: The Modern Scene-Rashid Rida and Beyond
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography

Khalil's volumes encourage us to perceive inter-religious dialogue on a deeper level than that of superficial do-gooders unable to understand the real difficulties of religious confrontation. --Marginalia

Islam and the Fate of Othersis a meticulous critical study of the interplay of religious suplc,