Conversion to Islam
Competing Themes in Early Islamic Historiography
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 15 April 2021
- ISBN 9780197530719
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 160x236x25 mm
- Weight 590 g
- Language English 104
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Short description:
During the first three centuries of Islamic rule, Muslims first articulated what it meant to become Muslim. In early Islamic sources, references to conversion describe an act of religious, political, and social transition. Conversion stories were an important way for historians to emphasize Allah at work in the Muslim community and to convey the unique qualities of Muhammad and the Qu'ran. In these texts, historians not only revealed the diverse nature of conversion and perceptions of it, but also illuminated their own religious debates, social concerns, political orientations, and ideological agendas. Conversion to Islam is the first scholarly study to identify and analyze these conversion themes in early Muslim historiographies.
MoreLong description:
Why did non-Muslims convert to Islam during Muhammad's life and under his immediate successors? How did Muslim historians portray these conversions? Why did their portrayals differ significantly? To what extent were their portrayals influenced by their time of writing, religious inclinations, and political affiliations? These are the fundamental questions that drive this study.
Relying on numerous works, including primary sources from over a hundred classical Muslim historians, Conversion to Islam is the first scholarly study to detect, trace, and analyze conversion themes in early Muslim historiography, emphasizing how classical Muslims remembered conversion, and how they valued and evaluated aspects of it. Ayman S. Ibrahim examines numerous early Muslim sources and wrestles with critical observations regarding the sources' reliability and unearths the hidden link between historical narratives and historians' religious sympathies and political agendas. This study leads readers through a complex body of literature, provides insights regarding historical context, and creates a vivid picture of conversion to Islam as early Muslim historians sought to depict it.
... Ibrahim has written a significant contribution to the study of Arabic historical writing, on one hand, and the phenomenon of conversion to Islam, on the other. The bulk of material that Ibrahim uses as his source is vast, and the analysis of it is of high quality.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration
1. Introduction: Conversion Themes in Early Islamic Historiography
2. Precursors of Converstion Themes during the Umayyad Caliphate
3. Establishing Pro-Abbasid Orthodoxy: Conversion Themes in Islamic Historiography under the Early Abbasids
4. Attempts at Compromise: Conversion Themes in Islamic Historiography in the Aftermath of the Mihna
5. Conclusion
Glossary
Primary Source Authors in Chronological Order
Modern and Conemporary Arabic-Speaking Authors that Appear in the Study
Works Cited
Index
