Reflections on Surah Al-Baqarah : A Thematic Understanding (Reflections Series)

Ahmad, Anis

Islamic Foundation（2025/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 241 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780860379836
• DDC分類 297.1226

Full Description

Continuing with the Reflections series, this book focusses on the longest chapter in the Qur'an. Written in a simple and easy to read format, allowing the reader to absorb the key points that this chapter of the Qur'an is trying to convey. 

Contents

Preface 1

» Introduction to al-Baqarah 7

» An Overview: Five Thematic Groups of Verses 12

» The Change of Leadership 15

» Guidance on Social Ethics 17

» The Uniqueness of Qur'anic Guidance 17

» Preservation of the Qur'an 20

» The Earlier Scriptures 21

» The Most Appropriate Universal Guidance (Hidayah) 24

» The Universality of the Qur'an 27

» Taqwa is a Prerequisite of Hidayah 29

» The Ethical Empowerment of Human Beings 32

» The Role of Guidance (Hidayah) in Achieving Taqwa,

Virtue, Piety and Servitude 34

» Taqwa as a Behavioural Practice, Objective of all

Acts of Devotion and a Key Theme in the Qur'an 40

» The Real Success (Falah) 44

» The Culture of Infaq 45

» Two Types of Human Conduct and Behaviour:

Disbelief (Kufr) and Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 47

» The Meaning of Hypocrisy (Nifaq) 49

» The Inimitability of the Qur'an 53

» The Wisdom (Hikmah) in the Challenge to Produce

Something Like the Qur'an 54

» Comprehensiveness of the Din 56

Lessons from the Story of Prophet Adam  61

» Iblis's Modern Forms of Temptations:

Cultural Colonialism and Entrepreneurial Capitalism 63

» The Fourfold Implication of Khilafah: What Khilafah is and is not 65

» The Leadership Role of Earlier Peoples: The Case of Bani Isra'il 67

» In the Wilderness of Sinai 69

» Shirk (Associating with Allah) and Nifaq (Hypocracy),

The Two Major Transgressions that Lead to Helfire 73

» Realizing Tawhid in the Social Sphere 74

» The Transgressions of the Israelites 76

» Allah's Mercy and the Israelites' Response 77

» A Universal Message: Tawhid as the Common Ground 79

» The Israelites' Practice of Double Standards 82

» The Negative Effects of the Israelites' Cultural Assimilation in Egypt 83

» The Response of the Jewish Community in Madinah 84

» Immediacy Instead of Ultimacy 86

» The Dialogical Approach 90

» Implications of the Covenant: Serving Allah Through Salah and Zakah 94

» Serving Parents as a Demand of Tawhid 96

» The Qur'anic Model of Extended Family 98

» The Rights of the Marginalized: The Culture of Ihsan 100

» The Ethics of Communication 101

» The Culture of Using Communication in a Dignified Way 104

» The Status of Earlier Sacred Laws 105

» Religious Pluralism and the Right to Worship in an Islamic Polity 111

» Similarity of and Constancy in the Message (Da'wah) of all the Prophets 113

» The Conferment of Leadership on Prophet Ibrahim  115

» A Dialogue Based on the Abrahamic Faith 116

» Sibghat Allah: From Physical Identity to Ideological Identity

and from Symbolic Colours and Signs of Devotion to

Substantial Transformation and Exemplary Conduct 117

» Allah's Colour 118

» The Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 119

» Conferment of the Leadership Role of the Muslim Ummah 121

» The Ummah as a Model of Justice ('Adl) and Moderation (Wasatiyyah) 123

» The Obligations of the Leadership of Mankind 127

» The Culture of Gratitude, Perseverance and Remembrance 128

» The Culture of Ethical Intelligence and Striving (Jihad) 131

» Continuity and Change in the Shari'ah 133

» The Unreasonableness of the People of the Book 136

» The Culture of Research, Reason, and Introspection 136

» Qur'anic Pointers 138

» Is Religion a Personal Matter? 140

» The Culture of Righteousness, Piety, and Allah-consciousness:

The ayat al-Birr 141

» The Sanctity of Life and Legal Equality:

The Principle of Justice ('Adl) and Excellence (Ihsan) 145

» Implications of the Qur'anic Ordinance: The Principle of Legal Equality 148

» Social Justice 148

» The Supremacy of Law and the State 149

» Social and Legal Fairness 151

» The Dimensions of Piety 153

» Fasting and the Inculcation of Allah-Consciousness 154

» The Culture of Tazkiyah in Financial,

Trade and Economic Transactions 159

» Liberation from Superstitions 160

» War Ethics 161

» The Prohibition of Self-infliction of Harm 163

» The Globalisation of Da'wah and Islamic Brotherhood 164

» Two Types of Personality 170

» The Holistic Personality 174

» The Unity of Humankind 176

» The Culture of Benevolence (Infaq) and Social Engagement 179

» The Culture of Benevolence 182

» War Ethics 184

» The Dynamics of Faith and Migration (Hijrah) 186

» The Gradual Removal of Social Evils through Ma'ruf 190

» The Institutionalization of Social Engagement 192

» The Building of a Compassionate Family 197

» Family Ethics 199

» A Graceful Family Life 201

» Striving to Achieve Justice and Peace 204

» The Leadership of Mankind 206

» The Role of Reason, Revelation and Miracles 210

» Encouragement of Social Engagement and the

Culture of Spending on Others (Infaq) 212

The Beauty of the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kursi) 213

» Religious Freedom 215

» Rushd and Taghut 216

» Experiential Truth 219

» Manifestation of Faith in Infaq

(Spending on Others for Allah's Sake) 223

» The Gift of Wisdom 225

» The Culture of Almsgiving (Sadaqah) 230

» The Secular Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility vs.

The Culture of Infaq and Sadaqah 233

» Establishing an Interest-free Society 233

» No Gender Disparity in Legal Matters 236