Modern Debates on Prophecy and Prophethood in Islam: Muhammad Iqbal and Said Nursi [Hardcover]

Introduction

1 Demystifying the Prophetic Vocation in Islam

2 Theologising Resurgence of Prophetology in the Modern Muslim World

3 Iqbals and Nursis Methodology in Context of Their Global and Local Histories.

4 Rational Challenges and New Understandings of Prophethood

5 Traditional and Metaphysical Tensions of Prophethood

6 Conclusion: Towards a New Philosophy of Prophethood in Islam

While prophethood is the backbone of the Islamic tradition and an uncompromised tenet of faith, the impact of modernity with its ambivalent status afforded to the prophet and institution of prophethood shook many Muslim scholars.

Mahsheed Ansari offers a rigorous study of prophethood in Islam, focusing on the twentieth century responses of two major thinkers, Said Nursi and Muhammad Iqbal. The potential for the continued development of constructive contemporary Islamic approaches to this topic is enriched through Ansaris detailed exposition of classical doctrines on prophecy as well as the South Asian and Turkish contexts during this period of challenges from modernity. Through its presentation of the creative responses of Nursi and Iqbal, who employed both critical intellectual analysis and mystical sensitivities in understanding both the historical human and the cosmic significance of the Prophet for their age, this work provides an important contribution in the field of Islamic religious thought and a resource for interfaith dialogue and understanding.  Marcia Hermansen, Loyola University Chicago, USA

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