THE International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has great pleasure in presenting Dr. AbdulH... more THE International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) has great pleasure in presenting Dr. AbdulHamid AbuSulayman’s study, The Qur’anic Worldview: A Springboard for Cultural Reform which forms the English translation of the author’s Arabic original, al-Ru’yah al-Kawniyyah al-Hadariyyah.
This is a carefully reasoned, reflective work, the chief aim of which is to explore the reasons for the deteriorating state of the Muslim world and to address one of the central questions facing Muslims today – how to reverse the decline into which they have fallen and recover the brilliance of Islam’s once great civilization. Looking back at the various stages of Islamic historical development, the author puts forward a solution that focuses on the recovery of what is termed, the Qur’anic worldview. It was the strict internalization of this perspective and close adherence to the principles of the Qur’an which, he contends, played a key factor in galvanizing the early fledgling Muslim community to achieve the successes that they once did, the profound impact of which is felt to this day. The rebirth of Islamic identity through this Qur’anic worldview, insists the author, is the key requirement of our times and a prerequisite for any future healthy and viable development of the Ummah.
Across the Muslim world today if anything is self-evident it is that the Ummah is badly in need o... more Across the Muslim world today if anything is self-evident it is that the Ummah is badly in need of reform. On this point it can be stated with confidence that all Muslims are agreed. Poverty and injustice characterize the face of Muslim lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Pollution and corruption are the order of the day in societies where the gulf between then and the developed countries of the world has never been wider. Politics in the Muslim world are all too often the politics of desperation, economics the economics of deprivation, and culture the culture of despair. Crisis in the Muslim Mind examines the intellectual and historical roots of the malaise that has overspread the Ummah and threatens to efface its identity. First published in Arabic in 1991, this important work (in an abridged English translation) is designed to familiarize educated and concerned Muslims with the nature of the crisis confronting them, and to suggest the steps necessary to overcome it.
Dr. ‘AbdulHamid Ahmad AbuSulayman was born in Makkah 1355AH /1936AC Rector of the International Islamic University (IIU), Malaysia, from 1408AH /1988AC to the present Chairman of the Board, trustee, former president, and founding member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) BA Commerce, University of Cairo, 1378AH /1959AC MA Political Science, University of Cairo, 1381AH /1963AC PhD International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1398AH /1973AC Secretary, State Planning Committee, Saudi Arabia, 1383-84AH/1963-64AC Chairman, Department of Political Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1402-04AH /1982-84AC Founding member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), 1392AH /1972AC, and its former President, 1405-07AH /1985-87AC Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), 1393-99AH /1973- 79AC
Author of several articles and books on reforming the Ummah, including: The Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought, Azmat al ‘Aql al Muslim (Arabic), and The Islamic Theory of Economics: Philosophy and Contemporary Means Dr. Abu Sulayman has been instrumental in bringing about many international academic conferences and seminars
This book represents the perspective of a number of concerned and dedicated Muslim scholars. It i... more This book represents the perspective of a number of concerned and dedicated Muslim scholars. It is a “vision” which embodies the basic principles of Islamic methodology, coupled with an action plan to realize the reconstruction of Muslim thought and the Islamization of the humanities and the social sciences.
The International Institute of Islamic Thought presents this book to the Muslim ummah as an action plan. It is meant as a guide to be adopted thereby to foster the awareness of ummah of its worth and potential, of the real causes of its civilizational crisis and of the ways and means to overcome the malaise.
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This is a carefully reasoned, reflective work, the chief aim of which is to explore the reasons for the deteriorating state of the Muslim world and to address one of the central questions facing Muslims today – how to reverse the decline into which they have fallen and recover the brilliance of Islam’s once great civilization. Looking back at the various stages of Islamic historical development, the author puts forward a solution that focuses on the recovery of what is termed, the Qur’anic worldview. It was the strict internalization of this perspective and close adherence to the principles of the Qur’an which, he contends, played a key factor in galvanizing the early fledgling Muslim community to achieve the successes that they once did, the profound impact of which is felt to this day. The rebirth of Islamic identity through this Qur’anic worldview, insists the author, is the key requirement of our times and a prerequisite for any future healthy and viable development of the Ummah.
Dr. ‘AbdulHamid Ahmad AbuSulayman was born in Makkah 1355AH /1936AC Rector of the International Islamic University (IIU), Malaysia, from 1408AH /1988AC to the present Chairman of the Board, trustee, former president, and founding member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) BA Commerce, University of Cairo, 1378AH /1959AC MA Political Science, University of Cairo, 1381AH /1963AC PhD International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1398AH /1973AC Secretary, State Planning Committee, Saudi Arabia, 1383-84AH/1963-64AC Chairman, Department of Political Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1402-04AH /1982-84AC Founding member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS), 1392AH /1972AC, and its former President, 1405-07AH /1985-87AC Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), 1393-99AH /1973- 79AC
Author of several articles and books on reforming the Ummah, including: The Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought, Azmat al ‘Aql al Muslim (Arabic), and The Islamic Theory of Economics: Philosophy and Contemporary Means Dr. Abu Sulayman has been instrumental in bringing about many international academic conferences and seminars
The International Institute of Islamic Thought presents this book to the Muslim ummah as an action plan. It is meant as a guide to be adopted thereby to foster the awareness of ummah of its worth and potential, of the real causes of its civilizational crisis and of the ways and means to overcome the malaise.